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HYPOTHECAKIA ACTIO

Lat. In the civil law. An hypothecary action; an action for the enforcement of an hypotheca, or lightof mortgage; or to obtain the surrender of the thing mortgaged. Inst. 4, 6, 7;

HYPOTHECARY ACTION

The name of an action allowed under the civil law for theenforcement of the claims of a creditor by the contract of hypotheca. Lovell v. Cragin,336 U. S. 130, 10 Sup. Ct

HYPOTHECATE

To pledge a thing without delivering the possession of it to thepledgee. “The master, when abroad, and in the absence of the owner, mayhypothecate the ship, freight, and cargo, to raise money

HYPOTHECATION

A term borrowed from the civil law. In so far as it is naturalized in English and American law, it means a contract of mortgage or pledge in which the subject-matter is

HYPOTHEQUE

In French law. Hypothecation ; a mortgage on real property; theright vested in a creditor by the assignment to him of real estate as security for thepayment of his debt, whether or

HYPOTHESIS

A supposition, assumption, or theory; a theory set up by the prosecution,on a criminal trial, or by the defense, as an explanation of the facts in evidence,and a ground for inferring guilt

HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION

A combination of assumed or proved facts and circumstances,stated in such form as to constitute a coherent and specific situation or state of facts, upon which the opinion of an expert is

HYPOTHETICAL YEARLY TENANCY

The basis, in England, of rating lands andhereditaments to the poor-rate, and to other rates and taxes that are expressed to beleviable or assessable In like manner as the poor-rate.

HYSTERIA

A paroxysmal disease or disorder of the nervous system, more commonin females than males, not originating in any anatomical lesion, due to psychic ratherthan physical causes, and attended, in the acute or

HYSTEROPOTMOI

Those who, having been thought dead, had, after a long absencein foreign countries, returned safely home; or those who, having been thoughtdead in battle, had afterwards unexpectedly escaped from their enemies and

HYTHE

In English law. A port, wharf, or small haven to embark or land merchandiseat Cowell; Blount.

I

The initial letter of the word “Insti- tuta,” used by some civilians in citing theInstitutes of Justinian. Tayl. Civil Law, 24.

ICTUS

An abbreviation for “juriscon- sultus,” one learned in the law; a jurisconsult

I E

An abbreviation for “id est,” that is; that is to say.

I O U

A memorandum of debt, consisting of these letters, (“I owe you,”) a sum ofmoney, and the debtor’s signature, is termed an “I O U.” Kinney v. Flynn, 2 R. I. 329.

IBIDEM

Lat. In the same place; in the same book ; on the same page, etc. Abbreviatedto “ibid.” or “ib.”

ICENI

The ancient name for the people of Sutfolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, andHuntingdonshire, in England.

ICONA

An image, figure, or representation of a thing. Du Cange.

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