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Category: I

IMPEDIMENT

1. A hindrance or an obstacle. 2. A disability such as a speech or hearing impediment.

INTRINSIC DANGER

the term that describes the danger that is associated with a particular job or activity.

IMBECILE

the term used for a person with mental retardation and the IQ of 25 to 50.

INFERIOR EQUITY

This term is used to apply to a right that can be subject to or superseded by another right.

INSTRUMENT INTER PARTES

a Latin phrase describing a written document that records the transactions between 2 or more parties.

INNOCENT PARTY

the name given to a party that did not intentionally be a party to a disputed matter.

IMMATERIAL FACTS

These are facts that are not relevant or essential to the issues that are under consideration.

INTERNAL REVENUE

the term that is given to the income a federal government receives from collecting taxes.

INTERROGATION

the term applied when a witness or a suspected criminal is being questioned.

INSURANCE EMPLOYER

an insurance company agreement to pay the employer’s obligation for damages resulting from an employees accident or death.

INTOXICATED

a term that describes a person who is under the influence of alcohol.

INNOCENT CONVEYANCE

the name given to a document that will transfer the title of the grantor but not more than he has to offer.

INFORMAL PROCEEDINGS

a term applied to admitting a will to probate with none of the formalities being completed.

INTIMATE RELATIONS

1. A close friendship. 2. Confidential relations. 3. Sexual intercourse between people who are not married to each other.

INFERENTIAL FACT

This term applies to a fact that is deduced and not drawn directly from the evidence but from assumptions.

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