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An Impost; tax; contribution. Paterson v. Society, 24 N. J. Law, 400; Singer Mfg. Co. v. Heppenheimer, 58

Importations; goods or other property imported or brought into the country from a foreign country

Pressing solicitation; urgent request; application for a claim or favor which is urged with troublesome frequency or pertinacity, webster

The act of bringing goods and merchandise Into a country from a foreign country

Intendment or infer-ence, as dlstlngulshed from the actual expression of a thlng In words. In a wlll, an estate may pass by mere implication, without any express words to direct Its course. 2 BL Comm. 381

Snch things as are used or employed for a trade, or furniture of a house. Coolidge ?. Choate, 11 Metc. (Mass.) 82

Let To Implead; to sue

In practice. To sue or prosecute by due course of law. People ?. Clarke, 0 N. Y. 368

Pledged; given in pledge, (pignori data;) mortgaged. A term applied ln Bracton to land. Bract, fol. 20

The act of pawn-lng or putting to pledge

Impairing or prejudle-Ing. Jacob

In old English law. The obtaining anything by petition or en-treaty. Particularly, the obtaining of a benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king er other lay patron, webster; CowelL

Umpire, (q. v

In old records. To im* peach or accuse. Impescatus, Impeached. Blount

In old English practice. To obtain by request, as a writ or privilege. Bract fols. 57, 172b. This appllcatlon of the word seems to be derlved from the clvll law. Calvin

Irrelevancy; the fault of not properly pertaining to the issue or proceeding. The introduction of any mat-ters into a bill, answer, or other pleading or proceeding in a suit, which are not properly before the court for decision, at any particular stage of the suit Story, Eq. PL

In equity pleading

Lat. Unskillfulness; want of skill

The right to command, which includes the right to employ the force of the state to enforce the laws. Thls ls one of the principal attributes of the power ot the executive. 1 Toullier, no. 58

See Dibectobt

Lat. In the civil law. Ex-penses; outlays. Mackeld. Rom. Law, S 168; Calvin. Divided into necessary, (necessaries,) useful, (utiles,) and tasteful or orna-mental, (voluptuaries.) Dig. 50, 16, 79. See Id. 25, 1

In old English law. A disturber in the action of quare impedit. St Marlb. c. 12

In Spanish law. A prohibition to contract marriage, established by law between certain persons

Disabilities, or hin-drances to the making of contracts, snch as coverture, infancy, want of reason, etc

In old practice, one who hinders; an lmpedlent. The defendant or deforciant in a flne was sometimes so called. Cowell; Blount

To Impeach, to accuse, or prosecute for felony or treason

To accuse; to charge a liability upon; to sue

In ecclesiastical law. The act of putting Into full possession of a benefice

L. Fr. In ecdeslas-tical law. one who is Inducted and in possession of a benefice. Parson lmparsonee, (persona impersonata.) Cowell; Dyer, 40

In early practice, imparlance meant time given to either of the parties to an action to answer the pleading of the other. It thus amounted to a continuance of the action to a further day. Literally the term signified leave given to the parties to talk together; i. e., with a view to settling their […]

To have license to settle a litigation amicably; to obtain delay for ad-Justment

The right of im-pounding cattle

In old English law. To impound. Reg. orig. 92b

In English praotioe. To

To weaken, diminish, or relax, or otherwlse affect In an lnjurlous manner. Davey v. 2Etna L. Ins. Co. (C. C.) 20 Fed. 482; State v. Carew, 13 Rich. Law (S. C.) 541, 91 Am. Dec. 245; Swinburne v. Mills, 17 wash. 611, 50 Pac. 489, 61 Am. St. Rep. 932

An exemption from serv-ing in an office, or performing duties which the law generally requires other citizens to perform. Long v. Converse, 91 U. S. 113, 23 L. Ed. 233; Ex parte Levy, 43 Ark. 54, 51 Am. Rep. 550; Lonas v. State, 3 Heisk. (Tenn.) 306; Douglass v. Stephens, 1 Del. Ch. 476

In the clvll law. Property which, from its nature, destination, or the object to which it is applied, cannot move itself, or be removed

TY. That whlch to contra bonos mores. See Immoral

Contrary to good morals; Inconsistent wlth the rules and principles of morality which regard men as living ln a community, and which are necessary for the public welfare, order, and decency

Let Immovable. Immobilia or res immobiles, immovable things, such as lands and buddings. Mackeld. Rom. Law, 1160

Lat. In tbe civU law. To put or let into, as a beam into a wall, fcalvin; Dlg. 50, 17, 242, 1

Lat In the civil law. To mix or mingle with; to meddle with; to Join wlth. Calvin

In relation to homlclde in self-defense, this term means immediate danger, such as must be instantly met, such as cannot be guarded against by calling for the assistance of others or the protection of the law. U. S. v. outer-bridge, 27 Fed. Cas. 390; State v. west, 45 La. Ann. 14, 12 South. 7; State […]

Fr. These are, ln French law, the immovables of English law. Thlngs are immeubles from any one of three causes: (3) From their own nature, e. g., lands and houses; (2) from their destina-tion, e. g., animals and instruments of agri-culture when supplied by the landlord; or (3) hy the object to which they are […]

Beyond human mem-ory; time out of mind

1. Present; at once; without delay; not deferred by any Interval of time. In this sense, the word, without any very precise signification, denotes that action is or must be taken either Instantly or without any considerable loss of time

Not material, essential, or necessary; not lmportant or pertinent; not decisive

A brook, gutter, or water-passage. CowelL

See Embracery

In old English law. To plant or sow graln. Bract fol. 176b