The want or absence of knowledge.Ignorance of law is want of knowledge or acquaintance with the laws of the land inso far as they apply to the act, relation, duty, or matter

Lat. Ignorance; want of knowledge. Distinguished from mistake,(error,) or wrong conception. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

Lat. A term of logic, sometimes applied to pleadings and toarguments on appeal, which signifies a mistake of the question, that is, the mistake ofone who, failing to discern the real question

1. To be ignorant of. or unacquainted with.2. To disregard willfully; to refuse to recognize; to decline to take notice of. SeeCleburne County v. Morton, 09 Ark. 48, 00 3. W. 307.3.

In old pleading. Bad; defective in law ; null; naught; the opposite of good or valid.

Lat. Things brought into the house for use by the tenant wereso called, and were liable to the jus liypothccce of Roman law, just as they are to thelandlord’s right of distress

Not authorized by law; Illicit ; unlawful; contrary to law.Sometimes this term means merely that which lacks authority of or support from law;but more frequently it imports a violation. Etymo- logicaily, the

The condition before the law, or the social status, of a bastard; thestate or condition of one whose parents were not intermarried at the time of his birth.Miller v. Miller, 18 Hun

That which is contrary to law; it is usually applied to bastards, orchildren born out of lawful wedlock.The Louisiana Code divided illegitimate children into two classes: (1) Those bornfrom two persons who,

Not leviable; that cannot or ought not to be levied. Cowell.

In old English law. Without license. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 5,

Not permitted or allowed; prohibited ; unlawful; as an illicit trade; illicit Intercourse. State v. Miller, CO Vt. 90, 12 Atl. 526.

Lat. Unlawfully. This word has a technical meaning, and is requisite in anindictment where the act charged is unlawful ; as in the case of a riot. 2 Hawk. P. C. c.

Lat. An illegal corporation.

Unlettered; ignorant; unlearned. Generally used of one who cannotread and write. See In re Succession of Carroll, 28 La. Ann. 388.

Incapable of being placed out or hired.

Lat. That Illnd, qnod alias licitnm non est, ne- cessitas facit licitnm; et necessitas in- dncitprivilegium quoad jura privata.Bac. Max. That which Is otherwise not permitted, necessity permits; and necessitymakes a privilege

In medical jurisprudence. An image or Impression in the mind, excited bysome external object addressing itself to one or more of the senses, but which, insteadof corresponding with the renllty, is perverted,

Deceiving by false appearances; nominal, as distinguished from substantial.

The prefix to the title of a prince of the blood in England.