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I NEGOTIABILITY

In mercantile law (Transferable quality. That quality of bills of exchange and promissory notes which renders them transferable from one person to another, and from possessing which they are emphatically termed “negotiable

INDIANS

The aboriginal iuhabitants of North America. Frazee v. Spokane County, 29 Wash. 278, 69 Pac. 782.

INDIGNITY

In the law of divorce, a species of cruelty addressed to the mind, sen- sibilities, self-respect, or personal honor of tbe subject, rather than to the body, and de- fined as “unmerited

INDUCTIO

Lat. In the civil law. Obliteration, by drawing the pen or stylus over the writing. Dig. 28, 4; Calvin.

INFEUDATION

The placing in possession of a freehold estate; also the granting of tithes to laymen.

INFRA TRIDUUM

Within three days. Formal words in old appeals. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 31,

INHABITED HOUSE DUTY

A tax assessed in England on inhabited dwelling- houses, according to their annual value, (St. 14 & 15 Vict. c. 30; 32 & 33 Vict. c. 14, 8 11.) which is payable

INJURIOUS WORDS

In Louisiana. Slander, or libelous words. Civil Code La. art. 3501.

INNER BARRISTER

A Serjeant or king’s counsel, in England, who is admitted to plead within the bar

INPENY and OUTPENY

In old English law. A customary payment of a penny on entering into and going out of a tenancy, (pro exitu de tcnura, et pro ingressu.) Spel- man.

INSTANCIA

In Spanish law. The Institution and prosecution of a suit from its commencement until definitive judgment. The first instance, “pritnera instancia,” is the prosecution of the suit before the judge competent to

INSTRUMENT

A written document; a formal or legal document in writing, such as a contract, deed, will, bond, or lease. State v. Phillips, 157 Ind. 4S1, 62 N. E. 12; Cardenas v. Miller,

INTEGER

Lat. Whole; untouched. Res inteyra means a question which is new and undecided. 2 Kent, Comm. 177.

INTERCOMMON

To enjoy a common mutually or promiscuously with the inhabitants or tenants of a contiguous township, vill, or manor. 2 Bl. Comm. 33; 1 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 271,

INTERMEDIARY

In modern civil law. A broker; one who is employed to negotiate a matter between two parties, and who for that reason is considered as the mandatary (agent) of both. Civ. Code

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