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INUREMENT

Use; user; service to the use or benefit of a person. Dickerson v. Colgrove, 100 U. S. 5S3, 25 L. Ed. 018. Iiiutilis labor ct sine fructu non est effectus legis. Useless

INVIOLABILITY

The attribute of being secured against violation. The persons of ambassadors are inviolable.

IRREMOVABILITY

The status of a pauper In England, who cannot be legally removed from the parish or union in which

ISSUABLE

In practice. Leading to or producing an issue; relating to an issue or issues. See Colquitt v. Mercer, 44 Ga. 433.

INCUMBRANCER

The holder of an iu- cumbrauce, e. y., a mortgage, on the estateof another. De Voe v. Bundle, 33 Wash. 004, 74 Pac. S30; Shaeffer v. Weed, 8 111.514; Newhall v. Insurance

INDEMNITY

An Indemnity Is a collateral contract or assurance, by which one person engages to secure another against an anticipated loss or to prevent him from being damnified by the legal consequences of

INDICIA

Signs; indications. Circumstances which point to the existence of a given fact as probable, but not certain. For example, “indicia of partnership” are any circumstances which would induce the belief that a

INDIVIDUAL

As a noun, this term denotes a single person as distinguished from a group or class, and also, very commonly, a private or natural person as distinguished from a partnership, corporation, or

INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES

INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES. Societies formed in England for carrying on any labor, trade, or handicraft, whether wholesale or retail, including the buying and selling of land and also (but subject to certain

INFANTIA

Lat. In the civil law. The period of infancy between birth and the age of seven years. Calvin.

INFIRM

Weak, feeble. The testimony of an

INFRA DIGNITATEM CURI

Beneath the dignity of the court; unworthy of the consideration of the court. Where a bill Iu equity is brought upon a matter too trilling to deserve the attention of the court,

INFUSION

In medical jurisprudence. The process of steeping in liquor; an operation by which the medicinal qualities of a substance may be extracted by a liquor without boiling. Also the product of this

INHOC

In old records. A nook or corner of a common or fallow field, inclosed and cultivated. Kennett, Par. Antiq. 297, 298; Cowell.

INLAND

Within a country, state, or territory ; within the same country. In old English law, inland was used for the demesne (

INNOMINATE

In the civil law. Not named or classed; belonging to no specific class; ranking under a general head. A term applied to those contracts for which no certain or precise remedy was

INQUISITION

In practice. An inquiry or inquest; particularly, an investigation of certain facts made by a sheriff, together with a jury impaneled by him for the purpose.

INSINUATIO

Lat In old English law. Information or suggestion. Ex insinuatione, on the information. Reg. Jud. 25, 50.

INSTIGATION

Incitation; urging; so licitatiou. The act by which one Incites another to do something, as to commit som< crime or to commence a suit. State v. Frak- er, 148 Mo. 143, 49

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