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In Frenob oriminal law. The first process of a criminal prosecu-tiou. It Includes the examination of the ac-cused, the preliminary interrogation of wit-nesses, collateral investigations, the gathering of evidence, the reduction of the whole to order, and the preparation of a document containing a detailed statement of the case, to serve as a brief for […]

To convey information as a client to an attorney, or as an attorney to a counsel; to authorize one to appear as ad-vocate; to give a case in charge to the jury

Lat Works contaln-lng the elements of any science; institutions or institutes, one of Justinian’s principal law collections, and a similar work of the Roman jurist Gaius, are so entitled. See Institutes

The commencement or inauguration of anything. The first estab-llshment of a law, ruie, rite, etc. Any cus-tom, system, organization, etc., firmly estah-llshed. An elementary rule or principle

Lat. In Ro-man law. The appointment of the hares in the will. It corresponds very nearly to the nomination of an executor in English law. without such an appointment the will was void at law, but the prator (i. e., equity) would, under certain circumstances, carry out the inteutlons of the testator. Brown

A name sometimes given to text-books containing the elementary prin-ciples of jurisprudence, arranged in an or* derly and systematic manner. For example, tbe Institutes of Justinian, of Gaius, of Lord Coke

Tbe charge given to a clerk to manage a shop or store. 1 Bell, Comm. 506, 507

Lat In the civll law. A clerk ln a store; an agent

RE. To plant or establish

Incitation; urging; so licitatlon. The act by which one incites an-otber to do something, as to commit some crime or to commence a suit. State v. Frak-er, 148 Mo. 143, 49 S. W. 1017

Lat. Likeness; the likeness, size, or equivalent of a thing. Inatar den-tium, like teeth. 2 Bl. Comm. 295. Inatar omnium, equivalent or tantamount to all. Id. 146; 3 Bl. Comm. 231

Immediately; instantly; forthwith; without delay. Trial inatanter was had where a prisoner between attainder and execution pleaded that he was not the same who was attainted

Different portions of the same debt’ payable at different sacces-slve periods as agreed. Brown

The ceremony of Inducting or investing with any charge, office, or rank, as tbe placing a bishop into hls see, a denn or prebendary into his stall or seat, or a knight Into his order, wharton

Lat. In old English law. we have inspected. An exemplification of letters patent, so called from the emphatic word of the old forms. 5 Coke, 53b

The examination or test-ing of food, fluids, or other articles made subject by law’ to such examiuatlou, to as-certain their fitness for use or commerce. People v. Compagnie Generate Transatlan-tique (C. C.) 10 Fed. 361; Id., 107 U. S. 59

A prosecutor or adver-sary

one who cannot or does not pay; one who is unable to pay his debts; one who Is not solvent; one who has not means or property sufficient to pay his debts. See Insolvency

In medical jurispru-dence. Sunstroke or heat-stroke; heat pros-tratlon

In the civil law. The transcription of an act on the public regis-ters like our recording of deeds. It was not necessary in any other alienation but that appropriated to the purpose of donation. Inst 2, 7, 2

Lat In old English law. Information or suggestion. Ex insinuations on the Information. Reg. Jud. 25, 50

In Spanish law. The presentation of a public document to a com-petent Judge, in order to obtain his approba-tion and sanction of the same, and thereby give lt judicial authenticity. Escriche

L. LaL Together; jolntly. Townsh. Pl. 44

An evil counsellor. Cow-ell

Ensigns or arms; distinctive marks; badges; indicia; characteristics

In pleadlng. Unintelligible ; without sense or meaning, from the omission of material words, etc. Steph. Pl. 377. See Union Sewer Pipe Co. ?. Olson, 82 Minn. 187, 84 N. W. 756

The name given by the old Engllsh law to any written instru-ment by whlch anything was granted. Blount

In ovidoneo. Anything written or engraved upon a metallic or other solid substance, intended for great durabill-ty; as upon a tombstone, pillar, tablet, medal, ring, etc

Lat In the dvil law. A wrltten accusation in which the accuser un-dertakes to suffer the punishment appropri-ate to the offense charged, if the accused is able to clear hlmself of the accusation. Cal-vin; Cod. 9, 1, 10; Id. 9, 2, 16, 17

Lat. In the clvll law. To snbscribe an accusation. To bind one’s self, In case of failure to prove an accusation, to suffer the same punishment which the ac-cused would have suffered had he been proved guilty. Calvin

Unsound in mlnd; of unsound mlnd; deranged, disordered, or diseased in mind. Violently deranged; mad

See Enbollment

A designation of sheriffs, coroners super visum corporis, and the like, who have power to inquire into certain matters

An authority given to some official person to institute an inquiry, concerning the crown’s interests

In Roman law. A ten-ant; one who hires and occupies another’s house; but particularly, a tenant of a hired house ln a city, as distinguished from colo-nus, the hirer of a house or estate in the country. Calvin

An intestate

Lat Destitute of counsel; without legal counsel. A term ap-plied to the acts or condition of one acting without legal advice, as a testator drafting his own will

A will

In the civil lnw. In-officious; coutrary to natural duty or affec-tion. Used of a will of a parent which dis-inherited a child without just cause, or that of a child whicli disinherited a parent, nnd which could he contested hy querela inofflci-osi testament). Dig. 2, 5, 3, 13; Paulus, lib. 4, tit 5, | L

These are certaln private unincorporated associations, in the nature of collegiate houses, located iu Loudon

In old Engllsh law. To purge one of a fault and make him innocent

Lat. we make known. A term formerly applied to letters patent, derived from the emphatic word at the conclusion of the Latin forms. It was a species of exemplification of charters of feoffment or other instruments not of record. 5 Coke, 54a

In old English law. A close or lndosure, (clausum, inclausura.) Spelman

In the civU law*. Not named or classed; belonging to no specific class; ranking nnder a general head. A term applied to those contracts for which no certain or precise remedy was appointed, hut a general action on the case only. Dig. 2, 1, 4, 7, 2; Id. 19, 4, 5

Free from guilt; acting in good faith and without knowledge of iucrim-inatory circumstances, or of defects or ol>-Jectlons

In old records. Lands recovered from the sea by draining aud banking. Cowell

The name given to the chambers in which the first and second di-visions of the court of session in Scotland hold their sittings. See outer House

As applied to streams, not capable of or suitable for navigation; lm-pussuble by ships or vessels

In old English law. A pledge

A person who lodges or dwells in the same house with another, occupying different rooms, but using the same door for passing In and out of the house, webster: Jacob