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INTERNAL

Belating to the Interior j comprised within boundary lines; of interior concern or interest; domestic, as opposed to foreign.

INTERSECTION

The point of intersection of two roads is the point where their middle lines intersect. In re Springfield Road, 73 Pa. 127.

INTRA PARIETES

Between walls; among friends; out of court; without litigation. Calvin.

INURE

To take effect; to result. Cedar Rapids Water Co. v. Cedar Rapids, 118 Iowa, 234, 91 N. W. 1081; Hinson v. Booth, 39 Fla. 333, 22 South. 687; Holmes v. Tallada, 125

INVESTITURE

A ceremony which accompanied the grant of lands in the feudal ages, and consisted in the open and notorious delivery of possessiou in the presence of the other vassals, which perpetuated among

IRRELEVANT

In the law of evidence. Not relevant; not relating or applicable to the matter In issue; not supporting the Issue.

ISLAND

A piece of land surrounded by water. Webber v. Pere Marquette Boom Co., 02 Mich. 020, 30 N. W. 409; Goff v. Cougle, 118 Mich. 307, 70 N. W. 4S9, 42 L.

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.

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