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INTERSTATE

Between two or more states; between places or persons In different states; concerning or affecting two or more states politically or territorially.

INTOLERABLE CRUELTY

In the law of divorce, this term denotes extreme cruelty, cruel and inhuman treatment, barbarous, savage, and inhuman conduct, and is equivalent to any of those phrases. Shaw v. Shaw, 17 Conn.

INVENTUS

Lat. Found. Thesaurus inventus, treasure-trove. Nun est inventus. [he] is not found.

IRA MOTUS

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

IRRITANT CLAUSE

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

I, R

An abbreviation for “Law Reports.”

INDEMNITEE

The person who, in a contract of indemnity, is to be Indemnified or protected by the other.

INDICATION

In the law of evidence. A sign or token; a fact pointing to some in- ference or conclusion. Burrill, Circ. Ev. 251, 252, 203, 275

INDULGENCE

In the Roman Catholic Church. A remission of the punishment due to sins, granted by the pope or church, and supposed to save the sinner from purgatory. Its abuse led to the

INFANCY

Minority; the state of a person who is under the age of legal majority,

INFEUDATION

The placing in possession of a freehold estate; also the granting of tithes to laymen.

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,

INJUNCTION

A prohibitive writ issued by a court of equity, at the suit of a party complainant, directed to a party defendant in the action, or to a party made a defendant for

INOFICIOCID AD

In Spanish law. Everything done contrary to a duty or obligation assumed, as well as in opposition to the piety and affection dictated by nature. Escriche.

INSCRIPTIO

Lat. In the civil law. A written accusation in which the accuser un- dertakes to suffer the punishment appropriate to the offense charged, if the accused is able to clear himself of

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