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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

INTANGIBLE PROPERTY

Used chiefly in the law of taxation, this term means such property as has no intrinsic and marketable value, but is merely the representative or evidence of value, such as certificates of

INTER ALIOS

Between other persons; between those who are strangers to a matter in question.

INTERCHANGEABLY

By way of exchange or interchange. This term properly denotes the method of signing deeds, leases, contracts, etc., executed in duplicate, where each party signs the copy which he delivers to the

INTERMEDDLE

To interfere with property or the conduct of business affairs officiously or without right or title. Mc Queen v. Babcock, 41 Barb. (N. Y.) 339; In re Shinn’s Estate, ICC Pa. 121,

INTERPRETER

A person sworn at a trial to interpret the evidence of a foreigner or a deaf and dumb person to the court. Amory v. Fellowes. 5 Mass. 220; People v. Lem Deo,

INTOXICATION

The state of being poisoned; the condition produced by the ad- ministration or introduction into the human system of a poison. But in its popular use this term is restricted to alcoholic

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.)

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