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IRREMOVABILITY

The status of a pauper In England, who cannot be legally removed from the parish or union in which

ISSUABLE

In practice. Leading to or producing an issue; relating to an issue or issues. See Colquitt v. Mercer, 44 Ga. 433.

INCUMBRANCER

The holder of an iu- cumbrauce, e. y., a mortgage, on the estateof another. De Voe v. Bundle, 33 Wash. 004, 74 Pac. S30; Shaeffer v. Weed, 8 111.514; Newhall v. Insurance

INDEMNITY

An Indemnity Is a collateral contract or assurance, by which one person engages to secure another against an anticipated loss or to prevent him from being damnified by the legal consequences of

INDICIA

Signs; indications. Circumstances which point to the existence of a given fact as probable, but not certain. For example, “indicia of partnership” are any circumstances which would induce the belief that a

INDIVIDUAL

As a noun, this term denotes a single person as distinguished from a group or class, and also, very commonly, a private or natural person as distinguished from a partnership, corporation, or

INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES

INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES. Societies formed in England for carrying on any labor, trade, or handicraft, whether wholesale or retail, including the buying and selling of land and also (but subject to certain

INADEQUATE DAMAGES

Damages are called “inadequate,” within the rule that an injunction will not be granted where adequate damages at law could be recovered for the injury sought to be prevented, when such a

IMAGINARY DAMAGES

This term is sometimes used as equivalent to “exemplary,” “vindictive,” or “punitive” damages. Murphy v. Hobbs, 7 Colo. 541, 5 Pac. 119. 49 Am. Rep. 366

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