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The state of being in debt, without regard to the ability or inability of the party to pay the same. See 1 Story, Eq. Jur. 343; 2 Hill, Abr. 421. The word

A deed to which two or more persons are parties, and in which these enter into reciprocal and corresponding grants or obligations towards each other; whereas a deed-poll is properly one in

A person indicted.

The person to whom a bill of exchange, promissory note, bill of lading, etc., is assigned by indorsement, giving him a right to sue thereon.

Disqualified to be elected to an office; also disqualified to hold an office if elected or appointed to it. State v. Murray, 28 Wis. 99, 9 Am. Rep. 4S9. Inesse potest donation!,

Lat. An expression applied to a court when it suggested to an advocate something which he had omitted through mistake or ignorance. Spelman.

In practice. An accusation exhibited against a person for some criminal offense, without an indictment. 4 Bl. Comm. 308. An accusation in the nature of an indictment, from which it differs only

Within the bounds or limits. Infra metas forcstai, within the bounds of the forest. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 41,

These words express the right of a lessee to enter, go upon, and return from the lands in question.

In Scotch law. Preliminaries of testimony. The preliminary examination of a witness, before examining him in chief, answering to the voir dire of the English law, though taking a somewhat wider range.

In old European law. To confederate; to join in a league, (in ligam coirc.) Spelman.

These are certain private unincorporated associations, in the na- ture of collegiate bouses, located in London, and invested with the exclusive privilege of calling men to the bar; that is, conferring the

Lat. In the civil law. A written accusation in which the accuser un- dertakes to suffer the punishment appropriate to the offense charged, if the accused is able to clear himself of

A name sometimes given to text-books containing the elementary principles of jurisprudence, arranged in an orderly and systematic manner. For example, the Institutes of Justinian, of Gaius, of Lord Coke.

The underwriter or insurance company with whom a contract of insurance is made. The person who undertakes to indemnify another by a contract of insurance is called the “insurer,” and the person

Lat In the civil law. The formal complaint or claim of a plaintiff before the prtetor. In old English law. A count or declaration iu a real action, (narratio.) Bract, lib. 4,

Among themselves. Story, Partn.

n old practice. To link together, or interchangeably. Writs were called “interlaqueata” where several were issued against several parties residing in different counties, each party being summoned by a separate writ to

When two or more persons claim the same thing (or fund) of a third, and he, laying no claim to it himself, is ignorant which of them has a right to it,