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INTRONISATION

In French ecclesiastical law. Enthronement. The installation of a bishop in his episcopal see.

INVENTOR

One who finds out or contrives some new thing; one who devises some new art, manufacture, mechanical appliance, or process; one who invents a patentable contrivance. See Sparkman v. Higgins, 22 Fed.

IPSO JURE

By the law itself; by the mere operation of law. Calvin. Ira furor brevis est. Anger is a short insanity. Beardsley v. Maynard, 4 Wend. (N. Y.) 330, 355.

IRRITANT CLAUSE

In Scotch law. A provision by which certain prohibited acts BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)

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

INDEFINITE PAYMENT

the creditor, without specifying to which of the debts he means the payment to be applied. See Bell. Indefinitum sequipollet universal!. The undefined is equivalent to the whole. 1 Vent 308. Indefinitum

INDEX

A book containing references, alphabetically arranged, to the contents of a series or collection of volumes; or an addition to a single volume or set of volumes con- taining such references to

INDIGENT

In a general sense an “indigent” person is one who is needy and poor, or one who has not sufficient property to furnish him a living nor any one able to support

INDUCI

In international law. A truce; a suspension of hostilities; an agreement during war to abstain for a time from warlike acts. In old maritime law. A period of twenty days after the

INFAMIS

Lat. In Roman law. A person whose right of reputation was diminished (involving the loss of some of the rights of citizenship) either on account of his in- famous avocation or because

INFERIOR COURT

This term may denote any court subordinate to the chief ap- pellate tribunal in the particular judicial system; but it is commonly used as the designa- tion of a court of special,

INFRA

Lat Relow ; underneath ; within. This word occurring by itself in a book refers the reader to a subsequent part of the book, like “post.” It is the opposite of “ante”

INFRA SEX ANNOS

Within six years. Used in the Latin form of the plea of ttu statute of limitations.

INHABITANT

One who resides actually and permanently In a given place, and has his domicile there. Ex parte Shaw, 145 U. S. 444, 12 Sup. Ct. 935, 36 L. Ed. 768; The Pizarro,

INJURIA

Lat. Injury; wrong; the privation or violation of right. 3 Bl. Comm. 2.

INNAVIGABLE

As applied to streams, not capable of or suitable for navigation ; im- passable by ships or vessels. As applied to vessels in the law of marine Insurance, it means unfit for

INSIGNIA

Ensigns or arms; distinctive marks; badges; indicia; characteristics.

INSTANCE

In pleading and practice. Solicitation, properly of an earnest or urgent kind. An act is often said to be done at a party’s “special instance and request.” In the civil and French

INSTRUCTION

In French criminal law. The first process of a criminal prosecution. It includes the examination of the accused, the preliminary interrogation of witnesses, collateral investigations, the gathering of evidence, the reduction of

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