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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Lat That is. Commonly abbreviated “i. e.”Id perfectum est quod ez omnibus suia partibus constat. That is perfect whichconsists of all its parts. 9 Coke, 9.Id possumus quod de jure possumus.Lane, 110.

Lat The same. According to Lord Coke, “idem” has two significations, sc.,idem syllabis seu verbis, (the same in syllables or words,) and idem re et scnsu, (thesame in substance and in sense.)

The same for the same. An illustration of a kind that really adds no additional element to the consideration of the question.Idem semper antecedent! proximo refertur. Co. Litt. G85. “The same” is

Sounding the same or alike; having the same sound. A term applied to names which are substantially the same, though slightly varied in the spelling, as”Lawrence” and “Lawronce,” and the like. 1

In the law of evidence.Sameness; the fact that a subject, person, or thing before a court is the same as it isrepresented, claimed, or charged to be. See Burrill, Circ. Ev. 3S2,

Lat Therefore. Calvin.

Lat. Therefore it is considered. These were the words used at the beginning of the entry ofjudgment in an action, when the forms were in I/atin. They are also used as a

A division of time among the Romans. In March, May, July, and October, theIdes were on the 15th of the month ; in the remaining months, on the 13th. Thismethod of reckoning

Gracco-Lat. In the civil law. An instrument privately executed, asdistinguished from such as were executed before a public officer. Cod. 8, 18, 11; Calvin.

See INSANITY.

A person who has been without understanding from his nativity, and whomthe law, therefore, presumes never likely to attain any. Shelf. Lun. 2. See INSANITY.