Category: I

In old English law. That which is not titheable, or liable to pay tithe. 2 Inst 490.

The state or condition of being free from dependence, subjection, or control. Political independence is the attribute of a nation or state which is entirely autonomous, and not subject to the government,

In old public law. A declaration ; a proclamation. Indictio belli, a declaration or indiction of war. An indictment.

The act of a payee, drawee, accommodation indorser, or holder of a bill, note, check, or other negotiable instrument, in writing his name upon the back of the same, with or without

Incapable of being avoided ; fortuitous; transcending the power of hu- man care, foresight, or exertion to avoid or prevent, and therefore suspending legal relations so far as to excuse from tbe

In old Scotch law. Investiture or infeudatiou, including both charter and seisin. 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 2, p. 110. In later law. Saisine, or the instrument of possession. Bell.

Deficient in legal form; inartificially drawn up.

Within the jurisdiction. 2 Strange, 827.

l. Applied sometimes also to the barons. INGENUUS. In Roman law. A person who, immediately that he was born, was a free person. He was opposed to libertinus, or libcrtus, who, having

In old English law. Unseemly; not In due order. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 31,

Demesne or inland, opposed to delantal, or land tenanted. Cowell.

Lat. We make known. A term formerly applied to letters patent, derived from the emphatic word at the conclusion of the Latin forms. It was a species of exemplification of charters of

In old English law. An inquisition or inquest. Inquisilio post mortem, an inquisition after death. An inquest of office held, during the continuance of the military tenures, upon the death of every

In Spanish law. The presentation of a public document to a com- petent judge, in order to obtain bis approbation and sanction of the same, and thereby give it judicial authenticity. Escriche.

An “instantaneous” crime is one which is fully consummated or completed in and by a single act (such as arson or murder) as distinguished from one which Involves a series or repetition

Lat That kind of evidence which consists of writings not under seal; as court-rolls, accounts, and the like. 3 Co. Litt. 4S7.

As occasionally used in statutes prescribing the qualifications of public officers, trustees, etc., this term means soundness of moral principle and character, as shown by one person dealing with others in the

Between her arms. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 35,

Letters of inter- communing were letters from the Scotch privy council passing (on their act) in the king’s name, charging the lieges not to reset, supply, or intercommune with the persons thereby

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