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In Scotch law. The assumption of authority over another’s property, either legally or illegally. The irregular intermeddling with the effects of a deceased person, which subjects the party to the whole debts

In patent law. The act or operation of finding out something new; the process of contriving and producing something uot previously known or existing, by the exercise of independent investigation and experiment.

In the Identical words; opposed to “substantially.” Town- send v. Jeinison, 7 How. 710, 12 L. Ed. 8S0; Summons v. State, 5 Ohio St. 340. IPSO FACTO. By the fact itself; by

In Scotch law. Avoiding or making void; as an irritant clause. See IRRITANCY.

An abbreviation for “Law Reports.”

the creditor, without specifying to which of the debts he means the payment to be applied. See Bell. Indefinitum sequipollet universal!. The undefined is equivalent to the whole. 1 Vent 308. Indefinitum

A book containing references, alphabetically arranged, to the contents of a series or collection of volumes; or an addition to a single volume or set of volumes con- taining such references to

In a general sense an “indigent” person is one who is needy and poor, or one who has not sufficient property to furnish him a living nor any one able to support

In international law. A truce; a suspension of hostilities; an agreement during war to abstain for a time from warlike acts. In old maritime law. A period of twenty days after the

Lat. In Roman law. A person whose right of reputation was diminished (involving the loss of some of the rights of citizenship) either on account of his in- famous avocation or because

This term may denote any court subordinate to the chief ap- pellate tribunal in the particular judicial system; but it is commonly used as the designa- tion of a court of special,

Lat Relow ; underneath ; within. This word occurring by itself in a book refers the reader to a subsequent part of the book, like “post.” It is the opposite of “ante”

Within six years. Used in the Latin form of the plea of ttu statute of limitations.

One who resides actually and permanently In a given place, and has his domicile there. Ex parte Shaw, 145 U. S. 444, 12 Sup. Ct. 935, 36 L. Ed. 768; The Pizarro,

Lat. Injury; wrong; the privation or violation of right. 3 Bl. Comm. 2.

As applied to streams, not capable of or suitable for navigation ; im- passable by ships or vessels. As applied to vessels in the law of marine Insurance, it means unfit for

An intestate.

Ensigns or arms; distinctive marks; badges; indicia; characteristics.

In pleading and practice. Solicitation, properly of an earnest or urgent kind. An act is often said to be done at a party’s “special instance and request.” In the civil and French

In French criminal law. The first process of a criminal prosecution. It includes the examination of the accused, the preliminary interrogation of witnesses, collateral investigations, the gathering of evidence, the reduction of