In old European law. To confederate; to joln in a league, (in ligam coire.) Spelman
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INLEASED
In old English law. En-tangled, or ensnared. 2 InsL 247; Cowell; Blount
INLAUGHE
Sax. In old English law. Under the law, (sub lege,) in a frank-pledge, or decennary. Bract, fob 125b
INLANTAL, INLANTALE
Demesne or inland, opposed to delantal, or laud tenanted. CowelL
INLAGATION
Restoration to the pro-tection of law. Restoration from a condl-tlon of outlawry
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
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
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 […]
INJURIOUS WORDS
In Louisiana. Slander, or libelous words. Clvil Code La. art 3501
INJURIA
Lat. Injury; wrong; the pri-vation or violation of right. 3 Bl. Comm. 2
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
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 […]
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
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
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
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
INHUMAN TREATMENT
In the law
INHONESTUS
In old English iaw. Unseemly; not in due order. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 31, 8 8
INHOC
In old records. A nook or cor-ner of a common or fallow field, inclosed and. cultivated. Kennett, Par. Antiq. 297, 298; Cowell
IN HIBITION
In eoolesiastioal law
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
INHABITED HOUSE DUTY
A tax
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
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
INGRESSUS
In old English law. In-gress; entry. The rellef pald by an heir to the lord was sometimes so called. Cowell
INGRESSU
In English law. An ancient writ of entry, by which the plaintiff or complainant sought an entry Into his lands. Abolished ln 1833
INGRESS, EGRESS, AND REGRESS
These words express the right of a lessee to enter, go upon, and return from the lands ln question.
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
INGENUITAS
Lat. Freedom; liberty; the state or condition of one who is free. Also liberty given to a servant by manumission
INGENIUM
(1) Artifice, trick, fraud; (2) an engine, machine, or device. Spelman
INGE
Meadow, or pasture. Jacob
IN KULA
A coif, or a cassock. Jacob
INFUGARE
Lat To put to flight
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 […]
INFRACTION
A breach, violation, or infringement; as of a law, a contract, a right or duty
INFRA SEX ANNOS
within six years. Used in the Latin form of the plea of th.e statute of limitations
INFRA REGNUM
within tbe realm
INFRA QUATUOR PARIETES
within four walls. 2 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 106, t 1089
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
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
INFRA JURISDIGTIONEM
within the jurisdiction. 2 Strange, 827
INFRA FUROREM
During madness; while in a state of insanity. Bract fol. 19b
INFRA DIGNITATEM CURLS
Be
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
INFRA CIVITATEM
within the state. 1 Camp. 23, 24
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
INFRA ANNUM LUCTUS
(within the year of mourning.) The phrase Is used ln
INFRA ANNUM
Under or within a year. Bract, fol. 7
INFRA JETATEM
Under age; not of age. Applied to minors
INFORTUNIUM, HOMICIDE PER
where a man doing a lawful act, without in-tention of hurt, unfortunately kills another.