Category: I

Lat. In the civil law. To show or discover. To fix or tell the price of a thing. Calvin. To inform against; to accuse.

A term almost always used in law in opposition to “direct,” though not the only antithesis of the latter word, as the terms “collateral” and “cross” are sometimes used in contrast with

In ecclesiastical law. Induction is the ceremony by which an incumbent who has been instituted to a benefice is vested with full possession of all the profits belonging to the church, so

A qualification of a man’s legal status produced by his conviction of an infamous crime and the consequent loss of honor and credit, which, at common law, rendered him incompetent as a

Lat. In the civil law. To deny; to deny one’s liability; to refuse to pay a debt or restore a pledge; to deny the allegation of a plaintiff; to deny the charge

Under or within a year. Bract, fol. 7.

A breach, violation, or infringement; as of a law, a contract, a right or duty. In French law, this term is used as a general designation of all punishable actions.

The old term for “heiress.” Co. Litt. 13a

Any wrong or damage done to another, either In his person, rights, reputation, or property. Parker v. Griswold, 17 Conn. 298, 42 Am. Dec. 739; Woodruff v. Mining Co., 18 Fed. 781;

The name given to the chambers in which the first and second di- visions of the court of session in Scotland hold their sittings. See OUTER HOUSE.

1. A body of men appointed by law to inquire into certain matters. The grand jury is sometimes called the “grand inquest.” 2. The judicial inquiry made by a jury summoned for

Evil advice or counsel. Cowell.

An “instantaneous” crime is one which is fully consummated or completed in and by a single act (such as arson or murder) as distinguished from one which Involves a series or repetition

Lat That kind of evidence which consists of writings not under seal; as court-rolls, accounts, and the like. 3 Co. Litt. 4S7.

As occasionally used in statutes prescribing the qualifications of public officers, trustees, etc., this term means soundness of moral principle and character, as shown by one person dealing with others in the

Between her arms. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 35,

Letters of inter- communing were letters from the Scotch privy council passing (on their act) in the king’s name, charging the lieges not to reset, supply, or intercommune with the persons thereby

Intervening; interposed during the progress of a suit, proceeding, business, etc., or between its beginning and end.

A set or series of written questions drawn up for the purpose of being propounded to a party in equity, a garnishee, or a witness whose testimony is taken on deposition; a

Lat. In; near; within. “Infra” or “inter” has taken the place of “intra” in many of the more modern Latin phrases.