IMITATION
property to one of the objects of a power, In order to escape the rule that an exclusive appointment could not be made unless it was authorized by the instrument ‘creating the power, was considered illusory and void in...
Terms beginning with "I" (356 total)
IMMATERIAL
. IMMATERIAL. Not material, essential, or necessary; not fmportant ar pertinent; not decisive.
IMMEDIATE
1. Present; at once; without delay; not deferred by any interval of time. In this sense, the word, without any very precise signification, denotes that action is or must be taken either instantly or without any considera...
IMMEUBLES
Fr. These are, in French law, the immovables of English law. Things ure immeubles from any one of three causes: (1) From their own nature, é g., lands and houses; (2) from their destination, éc. g., animals and instrum...
IMMITTERE
Lat. In the civil law. To put or let into, as a beam into a wall.
IMMOBILIS
Lat. Immovable. Jmmobilia or res immobiles, immovable things, such as lands and bulidings. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 160.
IMMORAL
the beginning, and the existence of which he has learned from his elders. Civ. Code La. art. 762.—Immemorial usage. <A practice which has existed time out of mind: custom; prescr tion. Miller v. Garlock, & Barb. (N.
IMPARSONEE
L. Fr. In ecclesiastical law. One who is inducted and in possession of a benefice. Parson imparsonee, (persona impersonaia.) Cowell; Dyer, 40.
IMPEACHMENT
IMPARGAMENTUM.- The right of impounding cattle.
IMPERITIA
Lat. Unskillfulness; want of skill.
IMPERSONALITAS
Lat. Impersonality. A mode of expression where no reference is made to any person, such as the expression “wt dicitur,” (as is said.) Co.
IMPERTINENCE
IMPEDITOR. In old English law. A disturber in the action of quere émpedit. St. Marlb. c 12.
IMPERTINENOE
§ 266: Harrison v. Perea, 168 U. S. 811, 18 Sup. Ct. 129, 42 L. Ed. 478.
IMPIGNORATION
ing or putting to pledge.
IMPLACITARE
Lat. To implead; to sue.
IMPLIED
IMPLEAD. In practice. To sue or prosecute by due course of law. People v. Clarke,
IMPORTATION
“Covenant,” “Dedication,” “Easement,” “Invitation,” “Malice,” “Notice,” “Powers,” “Trust,” “Use,” “Waiver,” and “Warranty,” see those titles.
IMPOSSIBLE CONTRACTS. An im
possible contract is one which the law will not hold binding upon the parties, because of the natural or legal impossibility of the performance by one party of that which is the consideration for the promise of the other...
IMPOTENTIAM, PROPERTY
PROPTER. A qualified property, which may subsist in animals fere nature on account of their inability, as where hawks, herons, or other birds build in a person's treés, or conies, etc., make their nests or burrows in a ...
IMPRESOCRIPTIBLE RIGHTS. Such
rights as a person may use or not, at pleasure, since they cannot be lost to him by
IMPRESSION
the claims of another founded on prescription.
IMPRIMATUR
Lat. Let it be printed. A license or allowance, granted by the constituted authorities, giving permission to print and publish a book. This allowance was formerly necessary, in England, before any book could lawfully be ...
IMPRIMIS
Lat. In the first place; first of all. IMPRISON. To put in a prison; to put
IMPROPRIATION
occasion; or it may take place without the actual application of any physical agencies of restraint, (such as locks or bars,) but by verbal compulsion and the display of available force. See Pike v. Hanson, 9 N. H. 491.
IMPROVE
IMPROVE. In Scotch law. To disprove; to invalidate or impeach; to prove false or forged. 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 4, p. 162.
IMPUTATIO
Lat. In the civil Legal Hablility.
IMPUTATION OF PAYMENT
a particular locality, by which the real property adjoining or near such locality is specially benefited, such as the improvement of nighweye: fradin , paving, curbing, laying sewers, etc. [}- inois Cent. R. Co. v. Decat...
IMPUTED
' EMPUTED. As used in legal phrases, this word means attributed vicariously; that is, an act, facf, or quality is said to be “imputed” to a person when it is ascribed or charged to him, not because he is personally c...
In
French modern European isw. A. warrant of protection and authority to travel, granted to persons moving from place to place, by the competent officer. Brande.
In “icity he diminution, destruction
or defeat of the value of, or of the charze upon, the insured subject to the assured, by the direct consequence of the operation of the risk insured against, according to its value in the policy, or in contribution for l...
In a
contract for sale and delivery of goods “free on board” vessel, the seller is under no obligation to act until the buyer names the
In a secular forum or court. Fileta, lib
2, c. 57, § 14; 1 Bi. Comm. 20. .
In a stricter sense
defense is used to denote the answer made by the defendant to the plaintiff’s action, by demurrer or plea at law or answer in equity. This is the meaning of the term in Scotch law. Ersk. Inst. 4, 1, 66.
IN ADVERSUM. Against
an adverse, unwilling, or resisting party. “A decree not by consent, but in adversum.” 8 Story, 318.
In American law
(1) A railroad freight or passenger station; a place on the line of a railroad where passengers may enter and leave the trains and where freight is deposited for delivery; but more properly, only a place where the carrie...
IN AROTA ET SALVA CUSTODIA. In
close and safe custody. 8 Bl. Comm. 415. —
IN AUTRE DROIT
person, to keep on certain conditions, it was said to be held in aquali manu. Reg. Orig. 28. L. Fr. er’s right. As representing another.
IN BANCO
ecutor, administrator, or trustee sues én autre drott.
IN CAPITE
Tenure in capite was a holding directly from the king.
IN COMMENDAM
as a commended living. See CoMMENDA.,
IN CONSUETUDINIBUS
IN CHIEF. Principal; primary; directly obtained. A term applied to the evidence obtained from a witness upon his examination in court by the party producing him.
IN CONTINENTI
but solidity of reason, is to be consideted. €o. Litt. 141c. The antiquity of a custom is to be less regarded than its reasonableness.
IN DORSO. On the back
2 Bl. Comm. 468; 2 Steph. Comm. 164. In dorso recordi, on the back of the record. 5 Coke, 45. Hence the English indorse, indorsement, etc.
In England, simple larceny
was originally divided into two sorts,—grand larceny, where the value af the goods stolen was above twelve pence, and petit larceny, where their value was equal to or below that sum. . Comm. 22). The distinction was ab...
In English law
(So called because its original jurisdiction wns to determine controversies between subject and subject.) One of the three superior courts of common law at Westminster, presided over by a lord chief
In English law. Hares
coneys. and roes. Co.
In English law. The statute 13 Eliz
c. 5, against conveyances made in fraud of creditors. —§tatute of frauds. See FrRaupDSs, STATUTE or.—Statute of Gloucester. In English law. The statute 6 Edw. I..c. 1, A. D. 1278 It takes its name from the place of ...
IN EO QUOD PLUS SIT
done, or action brought, solely to hurt or distress another, it is said to be in emulationem vicini. 1 Kames, Hq. 56.
IN FINE
Lat. At the end. Used, in references, to indicate that the passage cited is at the end of a book, chapter, section, etc.
IN FRAUDEM CREDITORUM. In
fraud of creditors; with intent to defraud creditors. Inst. 1, 6, pr. 8.