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IMBASING OF MONEY
The act of
IMAUM
IMAM, or IMAUM. A Moham-medan prince having supreme spiritual as well as temporal power; a regular priest of the mosqu
ILLUSTRIOUS
The prefix to the title of a prince of the biood in England
ILLUSION
In medical jurisprudence. An image or Impression in the mind, excited by some external object addressing itself to one or more of the senses, bnt which, in-stead of corresponding with the reality, is perverted, distorted, or wholly mistaken, the error being attributable to the imagination of the observer, not to any defect in the or-gans […]
ILLUD
Lat That
ILLOCABLE
Incapable of being placed eut or hired
ILLITERATE
Unlettered; ignorant; unlearned. Generally used of oue who can-not read and write. See In re Succession of Carroll, 28 La. Ann. 388
ILLICITUM COLLEGIUM
Lat An il
ILLICITE
Lat. Unlawfully. This word has a technical meanlng, and ls requisite ln an indictment where the act charged is un-lawful; as ln the case of a riot 2 Hawk
ILLICIT
Not permitted or allowed; pro-hlbited; unlawful; as an illicit trade;
ILLICENCIATUS
In old Engllsh law. Without license. Fleta, llb. 3, c. 5, i 12
ILLEVIABLE
Not leviable; that can-not or ought not to be levled. Cowell
ILLEGITIMATE
That whlch Is con-trary to law; It is usually applied to bas-tards, or children born out of lawful wed-lock
ILLEGITIMACY
The condition before the law, or the social status, of a bastard; the state or condition of one whose parents were not intermarried at the tlme of hls birth. Miller v. Miller, 18 Hun (N. Y.) 509; Brown v. Belmarde, 3 Kan. 62
ILLEGAL
Not authorized by law; U-licit; unlawful; contrary to law
ILL FAME
Evil repute; notorious bad character. Houses of prostitution, gaming
IGNORE
1. To be ignorant of, or un-acquainted with
IGNORATIO ELENCHI
Lat. A term of logic, sometimes applied to pleadings and to arguments on appeal, which signifies a mistake of the question, that is, the mistake of one who, failing to discern the real ques-tion which he Is to meet and answer, ad-dresses his allegations or arguments to a collateral matter or somethlng beside the point. […]
IGNORANCE
The want or absence of knowledge
IGNOMINY
Public dlsgrace; Infamy; reproach; dishonor. Ignominy ls the op-posite of esteem, wolff, f 145. See Brown v. Kingsley, 38 Iowa, 220
IGNITEGIUM
In old English law. The curfew, or evenlng bell. Cowell. See Curfbw
IGNIS JUDICIUM
Lat The old ju-dicial trial by fire. Blount
IDONIETAS
In old Engllsh law. AbU-ity or fitness, (of a parson.) Artie. Cleri, c. 13
IDONEUS
Lat. In the civil and com-mon law. Sufficient; competent; fit or proper; responsible; unimpeachable. Ido-neus homo, a responsible or solvent person; a good and lawful man. Sufficient; ade-quate; satisfactory. Idonea cautio, suffl-cient security
IDIOTA INQUIRENDO, WRIT DE
This is the name of an old writ which directs the sheriff to inquire whether a man be an idiot or not. The Inquisition is to be made by a Jury of twelve men. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 2321 ..And, if the man were found an idiot, the profits of hls lands and the cos-tody of […]
IDIOTA
In’ tbo civil law. An unlearned, illiterate, or simple person. Calvin. A private man; one not in office
IDIOCY
See Insanity
IDIOCHIRA
Grseco-Lat. In the civil law. Ah instrument privately executed, as distinguished from such as were executed before a public officer. Cod. 8, 18, 11; Calvin
IDES
A division of time among the Romans. In March, May, July, and october, the Ides were on the 15th of the month; in the remaining months, on the 13th. This method of reckoning is still retained ln the chancery of Rome, and in the calendar of the breviary, wharton
IDEO CONSIDERATUM EST
Lat. Therefore lt is considered. These were the words used at the beginning ef the eutry of judgment in an action, when the forms were ln Iatln. They are also used as a name for that portion of the record
IDEO
Lat. Therefore. Calvin
IDENTITY
In tbo law of ovidenoo
IDENTITATE NOMINIS
In English law. An ancient writ (now obsolete) which lay for one taken and arrested in any per-sonal action, and committed to prison, by mistake for another man of the same name, Fitzh. Nat Brev. 267
IDENTIFICATION
Proof of identity; the prdvlng that a person, subject, or ar-tide before the court is the very same that he or It is alleged, charged, or reputed to be; as where a witness recognizes the prisoner at the bar as the same person whom lie saw committing the crime; or where handwrlt-ing, stolen goods, counterfeit […]
IDEM PER IDEM
The same for tiie same. An illustration of a kind that really adds no additlonal element to the considera-Uon of the question
ICONA
An Image, figure, or representa-tlon of a thing. Du Cange