1. To create a corpo-ration; to confer a corporate franchise upon determinate persons
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INCORPORAMUS
we incorporate, one of the words by which a corporation may be created in England. 1 Bl. Comm. 473; 8 Steph. Comm. .173
INCOPOLITUS
A proctor or vicar
INCONVENIENCE
Iu the rule that statutes should he so. construed as to avoid
INCONTINENCE
want of chastity; ln-dulgence in unlawful carnal connection. Lucas v. Nichols, 52 N. C. 35; State v. IIewlin, 128 N. C. 571, 37 S. E. 952
INCONSULTO
Lat. In the civil law. Unadvisedly; unintentionally. Dig. 28, 4, L
INCONCLUSIVE
That which may be disproved or rebutted; not shutting out fur-ther proof or consideration. Applied to evi-dence and presumptions
INCOMPETENCY
Lack of ability, le-gai qualification, or fitness to discharge the required duty. In re Leonard’s Estate, 95 Mich. 295, 54 N. W. 1082; In re Cohn, 78 N. Y. 252; Stephenson v. Stephenson, 49 N. C. 473; Nehrling v. State, 112 wis. 637, 88 N. W. 610
INCOMPATIBLE
Two or more rela-tious, offices, functions, or rights which can-not naturally, or may uot legally, exist in or be exercised by the same persou at the same time, are said to he incompatible. Thus, the relations of lessor and lessee of the same land, in one person at the same time, are ln-compatlble. So of […]
INCOMMUTABLE
Not capable of or entitled to be commuted. See Commutation
INCOMMUNICATION
In Spanish law. The condition of a prisoner who is not per-mitted to see or to speak with any person visiting him during his confinement A person accused cannot be subjected to this treatment unless it he expressly ordered by the judge, for some grave offense, and it cannot be continued for a longer period […]
INGOLA
Lat In the civil law. An ln-habitant; a dweller or resident Properly, one who has transferred his domicile to any country
INCLOSURE
In English law. Inclos-ure is the act of freeing land from rights of common, commonable rights, and generally all rights which obstruct cultivation and the productive employment of labor on the soil
INCLOSED LANDS
Lands which are actually inclosed and surrounded with fences. Tapseil v. Crosskey, 7 Mees. & W. 446; Kim-ball v. Carter, 95 Va. 77, 2T S. E. 823, 38
INCLAUSA
In old records. A home close or inclosure near the house. Paroch. Antiq. 31; Cowell
INCIVISM
Unfriendliness to the state or government of which one ls a citizen
INCIVILE
Lat Irregular; improper; out of the due course of iaw
INCISED WOUND
In medical jurispru-dence. A cut or incision on a human body; a wound made by a cutting instrument, such as a razor. Burrill, Circ. Ev. 693; whart. & 8. Med. Jur. $ 808
INCIPITUR
Lat. It is begun; it be-gins. In old practice, when the pleadings in an action at law, Instead of being recited at large on the issue-roll, were set out merely by thelr commencements, this was described as -entering the incipitur; i. e., the begin-ning
INCINERATION
Burning to ashes; destruction of a substance by fire, as, the corpse of a murdered person
INCILE
Lat. In the civil law. A trench. A place sunk by the side of a stream, so called because it is.cut (incidatur) Into or through the stone or earth. Dig. 43, 21, L 5. The term seems to have included ditches (fossae) and wells, (putei
INCIDERE
Lat In the civil and old English law. To fall into. Calvin
INCHOATE
Imperfect; unfinished; be-gun, but not completed; as a contract not executed by all the parties
INCHARTARE
RE. To give, or grant, and assure anything by a written instrument
INCH
A measure of length, containing one-twelfth part of a foot; originally sup-posed equal to three barleycorns
INCEST
The crime of sexual intercourse or cohabitation between a man and woman who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohlblted by law. People v. Stratton, 141 Cal. 604, 75 Pac. 166; State v. Herges, 55 Minn. 464, 57 N. W. 205; Dinkey v. Com., 17 Pa. 129, 5o Am. Dec. […]
INCEPTION
ON. Commencement; opening; initiation. The beginning .of. the operation of a contract or will, or of a note, mortgage, lien, etc.; the beginning of a cause or suit In court, oriental Hotel Co. v. Griffiths, 88 Tex. 574, 33 S. W. 652, 30 L. R. A. 765, 53 Am. St. Rep. 790; Sullivan ?. Coal […]
INCASTELLARE
To make a building serve as a castle. Jacob
INBOUND COMMON
An unlnclosed
INBLAURA
In old records. Profit or product of ground. Cowell
INAUGURATION
The act of install-lng or inducting into office with formal cere-monlee, as the coronation of a soverelgn, the inauguration of a presldent or governor, or the consecration of a prelate
INALIENABLE
Not subject to alienation ; the characteristic of those things which cannot be bought or sold or transferred from one person to another, such as rivers and public highways, and certain personal rights; c. g., liberty
INADMISSIBLE
That which, under the established rules of law, cannot be ad-mitted or received; e. g., parol evidence to contradict a written contract
INADEQUATE
Insufficient; dlspropor-tlonate; lacking ln effectiveness or ln con-formity to a prescribed standard or measure
IN VIRIDI OBSERVANTIA
Present to the minds of men, and in full force and operation
IN VINCULIS
In chains; ln actual custody. Gilb. Forum Rom. 97
IN VENTRE SA MERE
L. Fr. In
IN VADIO
In gage or pledge. 2 Bl. Comm. 157
IN VACUO
without object; without concomitants or coherence
IN TRANSITU
In transit; on the way or passage; while passing from one person or place to another. 2 Kent, Comm. 540-552; More v. Lott. 13 Nev. 383; Amory Mfg. Co. v. Gulf, etc.. R. Co.. 89 Tex. 419, 37 S. W. 856. 59 Am. St. Rep. 65. On the voyage. 1 C. Rob. Adm. 338
IN TRAJECTU
In the passage over; on the voyage over. See Sir william Scott, 3 C. Rob. Adm. 141
IN TOTO
In the whole; wholly; com-pletely; as the award is void in toto
IN TOTIDEM VERBIS
In so many words; in precisely the same words; word for word
IN TESTIMONIUM
? Lat In witness; in evidence whereof
IN TERROREM POPULI
Lat. To the terror of the people. A technical phrase necessary ln indictments for riots. 4 Car. A P. 373
IN TERROREM
In terror or warn-Ing; by way of threat. Applied to legacies given upon condition that the recipient shall not dlspute the validity or the dispositions of the will; such a condition being usually regarded as a mere threat
IN TERMINIS TERMINANTIBUS
In
IN TANTUM
In so much; so much; so far; so greatly. Reg. orig. 97, 106
IN STIRPES
In the law of intestate succession. According to the roots or stocks; by representation; as distinguished from succession per capita. See Per Stirpes; Pbb Capita
IN SUBSIDIUM
In aid