INLIGARE

In old European law. To confederate; to joln in a league, (in ligam coire.) Spelman

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INLAUGHE

Sax. In old English law. Under the law, (sub lege,) in a frank-pledge, or decennary. Bract, fob 125b

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INLAGARE

In old Euglish law. To restore to protection of law. To restore a man from the condltion of outlawry, opposed to utlagare. Bract, lib. 3, tr. 2, c. 14

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INJUSTICE

The withholding or denial of justice. In law, almost invariably applied to the act, fault, or omission of a court, as distinguished from that of an individual. See Holton v. oicott. 58 N. H. 598; In re Monlton, 50 N. H. 532

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INJURY

Any wrong or damage done to another, either ln his person, rights, repu-tation, or property. Parker v. Griswold, 17 Conn. 298, 42 Am. Dec. 739; woodruff v. Mining Co., 18 Fed. 781; Hitch v. Edge-combe County, 132 N. C. 573, 44 S. E. 30; Macauley v. Tierney, 19 R. I. 255, 83 AtL 1, 37 […]

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INJURES GRAVES

Fr. In French law. Grievous insults or injuries, including personal lnsults and reproachful language, constituting a Just cause of divorce. Butler v. Butler, 1 Pars. Eq. Cas. (Pa.) 344

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INJUNCTION

A prohibltlve writ is-sued by a court of equity, at the suit of a party complainant, directed to a party de-fendant in the action, or to a party made a defendant for that purpose, forbidding thc latter to do some act, or to permit his serv-ants or agents to do some act, which he is […]

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INITIATIVE

In French law. The name given to the lmportant prerogative con-ferred by the charte constitutionnelle, article 16, on the late klng to propose through hls mlnlsters projects of laws. 1 Toullier, no. 39

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INITIATE

Commenced; inchoate. Qurtesy initiate is the interest which a husband has in the wife’s lands after a child is born who may inherit, but before the wife dies

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INITIALIA TESTIMONH

In Scotch law. Preliminaries of testimony. The preliminary examination of a wltness, before examining hlm in chief, answering to the ‘voir dire of the English iaw, though taking a somewhat wider range, wharton

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INIQUITY

In Scotch practice. A tech-nical expression applied to the decision of an inferior judge who has decided contrary to law; he is said to have committed iniquity. Bell

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INHOC

In old records. A nook or cor-ner of a common or fallow field, inclosed and. cultivated. Kennett, Par. Antiq. 297, 298; Cowell

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INHERITABLE BLOOD

Blood which has the purity (freedom from attalnder) and legitimacy necessary to give its possessor the character of a lawful heir; that which is capable of being the medium for the trans-mission of an inheritance

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INHERENT POWER

An authority possessed without Its being derlved from an-other. A right, ability, or faculty of doing a thing, without receiving that rlght, abllity, or faculty from another

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INGROSSING

The act of making a fair and perfect copy of any document from a rough draft of it, in order that it may be executed or put to its final purpose

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INGRESSUS

In old English law. In-gress; entry. The rellef pald by an heir to the lord was sometimes so called. Cowell

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INGRESSU

In English law. An ancient writ of entry, by which the plaintiff or complainant sought an entry Into his lands. Abolished ln 1833

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INGRATITUDE

In Roman law, in-gratitude was accounted a sufficient cause for revoking a gift or recalling the liberty of a freedman. Such is also the law of France, wlth respect to the first case. But the English law has left the matter entlrely to the moral sense

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INGENUITAS

Lat. Freedom; liberty; the state or condition of one who is free. Also liberty given to a servant by manumission

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INFRINGEMENT

A breaking into; a trespass or encroachment upon; a violation of a law, regulation, contract, or rigbt. Used especially of invasions of the rights se-cured by patents, copyrights, nnd trade-marks. Goodyear Shoe Machinery Co. v. Jackson, 112 Fed. 146. 50 C. C. A. 159, 55 L. R. A. 692; Thomson-Houston Electric Co. v. ohio Brass […]

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INFRA PRIESIDIA

within the protec-tion; within the defenses. In international law, when a prize, or other captured prop-erty, is brought iuto a port of the captors, or within their lines, or otherwise under their complete custody, so that the chance of rescue is lost, it is said to be infra prasidia

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INFRA METAS

Within the bounds or limits. Infra metas foresta, within the bounds of the forest. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 41, $ 12. Infra metas hospitii, within the limits of the household; within the verge. Id. llb. 2. c. 2, 8 2

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INFRA CORPUS COMITATUS

Wlth-in the body (territorial limits) of a county. In English law, waters which are infra corpus comitatus are exempt from the jurisdlc-tion of the admiralty

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INFRA BRACHIA

within her arms. Used of a husband de jure, as weli as de facto. 2 Inst. 317. Also infer brachia. Bract fol. 14Sb. It was in this sense that a woman could only have an appeal for mur-der of her husband inter brachia sua

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