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INSURED

The person who obtains insurance on his property, or upon whose life an insurance is effected.

INTENT

1. In criminal law and the law of evidence. Purpose; formulated design ; a resolve to do or forbear a particular act; aim; determination. In its literal sense, the stretching of the

INTERIM

Lat. In the mean time; meanwhile. An assignee ad interim is one appointed between the time of bankruptcy and appointment of the regular assignee. | 2 Bell, Comm. 355. J

INTERPLEA

1. A plea by which a person sued in respect to property disclaims any interest in it and demands that rival claimants shall litigate their titles between themselves and relieve him from

INTESTATO

Lat. In the civil law. Intestate ; without a will. Calvin.

INTRARE MARISCUM

L. Lat. To drain a marsh or low ground, and convert it into herbage or pasture.

INVALID

Vain; inadequate to its purpose; not of binding force or legal efficacy; lacking in authority or obligation. Ilood v. Perry, 75 Ga. 312; State v. Casteel, 110 Ind. 174, 11 N. E.

INVOICE

In commercial law. An account of goods or merchandise sent by mer- chants to their correspondents at home or abroad, in which the marks of each package, with other particulars, are set

IRRESISTIBLE FORCE

A term applied to such an interposition of human agency as is. from its nature and power, absolutely uncontrollable: as the inroads of a hostile army. Story, Bailm.

ITEM

Also; likewise; again. This word was formerly used to mark the beginning of a new paragraph or division after the first, whence is derived the common application of it to denote a

INDEBTEDNESS

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

INDENTURE

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

INDORSEE

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.

INELIGIBL

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!,

INFENSARE CURIAM

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

INFORMATION

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

INFRA METAS

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

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