Category: I

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

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

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.

An evil counsellor. Cowell.

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

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,

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

Among the subtleties of the law. See APEX JURIS.

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,

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

An interval between reigns. The period which elapses between the death of a sovereign and the election of another. The vacancy which occurs when there is no government.

Any liquor used as a beverage, and which, when so used in sufficient quantities, ordinarily or commonly produces entire or partial intoxication; any liquor intended for use as a beverage or capable

One who enters upon land without either right of possession or color of title. Miller v. McCullough, 104 Pa. 030; Itussel v. Chambers, 43 Ga. 479. In a more restricted sense, a

A detailed list of articles of property; a list or schedule of property, containing a designation or description of each specific article; an itemized list of the various articles constituting a collection,

Lat. Moved or excited by anger or passion. A term sometimes formerly used in the plea of son assault demesne. 1 Tidd, Pr. 045.

Lat. In the civil law. To impose or set upon, as a fine. Calvin. To inflict, as a punishment. To make or ordain, as a law.

A personal action. In this sense, the term was borrowed from the civil law by Bracton. The English form is constantly used as the designation of one of the chief divisions of

To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to give security for the reimbursement of a person in case of an anticipated loss falling upon him. Also to make good; to

Lat. In the civil law. To show or discover. To fix or tell the price of a thing. Calvin. To inform against; to accuse.

A term almost always used in law in opposition to “direct,” though not the only antithesis of the latter word, as the terms “collateral” and “cross” are sometimes used in contrast with