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INHONESTUS

In old English law. Unseemly; not In due order. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 31,

INNOTESCIMUS

Lat. We make known. A term formerly applied to letters patent, derived from the emphatic word at the conclusion of the Latin forms. It was a species of exemplification of charters of

INROLL

A form of “enroll,” used in the old books. 3 Rep. Ch. 63, 73; 3 East, 410.

INSINUATION

In the civil law. The transcription of an act on tbe public registers like our recording of deeds. It was not necessary in any other alienation but that appropriated to the purpose

INSURABLE INTEREST

Such a real and substantial interest in specific property as will sustain a contract to indemnify the person interested against its loss. Mutual F. Ins. Co. v. Wagner (Pa.) 7 Atl. 104;

INTENDENTE

In Spanish law. The immediate agent of the minister of finance, or the chief and principal director of the different branches of the revenue, appointed in the various departments in each of

INTER PARTES

Between parties. Instruments in which two persons unite, each making conveyance to, or engagement with, the other, are called “papers inter partes.” Smith v. Emery, 12 N. J. Law, 60.

INTEREST

In property. The most general term that can be employed to denote a property in lands or chattels. In its application to lands or things real, it is frequently used in connection

INTERNUNCIUS

A messenger between two parties; a go-between. Applied to a broker, as the agent of both parties. 4 C. Rob. Adm. 204.

INTESTABLE

One who has not testamentary capacity; e. g., an infant, lunatic, or person civilly dead.

INTRA VIRES

An act is said to be intra vires (“within the power”) of a person or corporation when it is within the scope of his or its powers or authority. It is the

ITA LEX SCRIPTA EST

Lat. So the law is written. Dig. 40, 9, 12. The law- must be obeyed notwithstanding the apparent rigor of its application. 3 Bl. Comm. 430. We must be content with the

INDE

Lat. Thence; thenceforth ; thereof; thereupon; for that cause. Inde datae leges ne fortior omnia posset. Laws are made to prevent the stronger from having the power to do everything. Dav. Ir.

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