as used in a statute excluding one found incompetent to executethe duties of an administrator by reason of improvidence, means that want of care andforesight in the management of property which would

A judgment, decree, rule, Injunction, etc., when given or renderedwithout adequate consideration by the court, or without proper information as toall the circumstances affecting it, or based upon a mistaken assumption or

In old records. To improve land. Impruiaincntum, the improvement so made of it. Cowell.

Lat. In the civil law. A minor under the age of puberty; a male underfourteen years of age; a female under twelve. Calvin; Mackeld. Rom. Law,

As to “irresistible” or “uncontrollable” impulse, see INSANITY.Impunitas continuum affectum tribuit delinquendi. 4 Coke, 45. Impunity confirmsthe disposition to commit crime.Impunities semper ad deteriora invi- tat. 5 Coke, 109. Impunity always invites

Exemption or protection from penalty or punishment. Dillon v. Rogers,30 Tex. 153.

In the civil law. The application of a payment made by a debtor to his creditor.

As used in legal phrases, this word means attributed vicariously; that is,an act, fac-f, or quality is said to be “imputed” to a person when it is ascribed orcharged to him, not

Attainable or recoverable by action; not in possession. A term applied toproperty of which a party has not the possession, but only 5 right to recover it byaction. Things in action are

Against an adverse, unwilling, or resisting party. “A decree not byconsent, but in adversum.” 3 Story, 318.In cedificiis lapis male positus non est removendus. 11 Coke, G9. A stone badlyplaced in buildings

In equal hand. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 14.

In equal right; on an equality in point of right.In sequali jure melior est conditio possidentis. In Ta case of] equal right thecondition of the party in i>ossession is the better. Plowd.

In equal hand; held equally or indifferently between two parties.Where an instrument was deposited by the parties to it in the hands of a thirdperson, to keep on certain conditions, it was

In another’s land 2 Steph. Comm. 20.

In another place.In alta proditione nullus potest esse accessorius sed principalis solummodo.3 Inst. 138. In high treason no oue can be an accessary but only principal.In alternatives electio est debitoris.In alternatives the

In open daylight; In the day-time. 9 Coke, G56.

Among the subtleties or extreme doctrines of the law. 1 Kames,Eq. 190. See APEX JURIS

At the pleasure of the judge.

In close and safe custody. 3 Bl. Comm. 415.

In a moment; immediately. Cod. 1, 34, 2.