In chains; in actual custody. Gilb. Forum Rom. 97.Applied also, figuratively, to the condition of a person who is compelled to submit toterms which oppression and his necessities impose on him. 1

Present to the minds of men, and in full force and operation.

Insufficient; disproportionate ; lacking in effectiveness or iu conformityto a prescribed standard or measure.

That which, under the established rules of law, cannot be admittedor received: e. g., parol evidence to contradict a written contract.

Heedlessness; lack of attention; failure of a person to pay carefuland prudent attention to the progress of a negotiation or a proceeding in court bywhich his rights may be affected. Used chiefly

Lat. In the civil law. Building ou another’s land with one’sown materials, or on one’s own land with another’s materials.

The act of installing or inducting into office with formal ceremonies,as the coronation of a sovereign, the inauguration of a president or governor,or the consecration of a prelate.

In old records. Profit or product of ground. Cowell.

In maritime law, and particularly with reference to the stowage of cargo, this term is contrasted with “outboard.” It does not necessarily mean under deck, but is applied to a cargo so

In Saxon law. A security, pledge, or hypotheca, consisting of the chattelsof a person unable to obtain a personal “borg,” or surety.

An uninclosed common, marked out, however, by boundaries.

Want of capacity; want of power or ability to take or dispose; want oflegal ability to act. Ellicott v. Ellieott, 90 Md. 321, 45 Atl. 183, 48 L. R. A. 58: Drews’Appeal.

Imprisonment; confinement in a jail or penitentiary. This term isseldom used in law, though found occasionally in statutes, (Rev. St. Okl. 1903,

To make a building serve ns a castle. Jacob.

A house-burner; one guilty of arson; one who maliciously and willfullysets another person’s building on fire.Incendinm sere alieno non exuit debitor em. Cod. 4, 2, 11. A fire does not release a

Commencement; opening; initiation. The beginning of the operation ofa contract or will, or of a note, mortgage, lien, etc.; the beginning of a cause or suit iucourt. Oriental Hotel Co. v. Griffiths,

A measure of length, containing one-twelfth part of a foot; originally supposed equal to three barleycorns.

To give, or grant, and assure anything by a written instrument.

Imperfect; unfinished; begun, but not completed; as a contract not executed by all the parties.

This word, used as a noun, denotes anything which inseparably belongsto, or is connected with, or inherent iu, another thing, called the “principal.” In thissense, a court-baron is incident to a manor.