INNOVATION
In Scotch law. The exchange of one obligation for another, so as to make the second obligation come in the place of the first, and be the only subsisting obligation against the
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In Scotch law. The exchange of one obligation for another, so as to make the second obligation come in the place of the first, and be the only subsisting obligation against the
See ENROLLMENT.
In medical jurisprudence. Sunstroke or heat-stroke; heat prostration
Lat. In the civil law. A clerk in a store; an agent
A contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, one party undertakes to compensate the other for loss on a specified subject by specified perils. The party agreeing to make the compensation is usually
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
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.
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
A messenger between two parties; a go-between. Applied to a broker, as the agent of both parties. 4 C. Rob. Adm. 204.
One who has not testamentary capacity; e. g., an infant, lunatic, or person civilly dead.
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
A pledge or mortgage.
See EBBOB.
See INJURY.
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
Lat In the civil and Scotch law. A payment of what Is not due. When made through ignorance or by mistake, the amount paid might be recovered back by an action termed
In American law. A certificate or Indented certificate issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt. Webster.
Proper or necessary to be prosecuted by process of Indictment.
In old Scotch law. Indorsed. 2 Pitc. Crlm. Tr. 41.
A person addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors; an habitual drunkard. Any person who habitually, whether continuously or periodically, indulges in the use of intoxicating liquors to such an extent as