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INSURANCE FIDELITY

The insurance that guarantees against payment for loss that results from dishonesty of an employee or company officer.

IMPOSTOR

a person who presents himself as another for the purpose of committing fraud.

IN JEOPARDY 1

1. This term applies to the person’s who is on trial. 2. part of the term double jeopardy where a person is charged for the second time for the same crime.

INHERITANCE TAX

the name of a tax that is levied on the transfer of goods that have been left to a person.

INDEBITATUS ASSUMPSIT

a Latin phrase for the allegation by a plaintiff that the defendant has assumed an obligation and has not paid.

IRRECUSABLE

a term used for the contractual obligation that is imposed on a person legally but without the person’s consent.

INTERIM ORDER

a term that means applies to a temporary edict from a court such as a temporary injunction.

INSULT

used to describe an affront or indignity to a person’s self-respect that could warrant the awarding of damages.

ITINERANT VENDOR

the name given to a seller who travels from place to place to sell his wares.

IN TRUST

a term that describes a property that is given over or entrusted to another person to take of.

IN STATUS QUO

a Latin phrase that means without change and in the same situation as it was.

INDIRECT TAX

a tax that is not levied on the value of property but on another consideration.

INCLUDED OFFENSE

This a criminal offense that is less important than the main offense being tried.

INJURED PARTY

the term given to the person who has been hurt by the actions of another.

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