A Dictionary of Law

Habitual intemperance is that degree of intemperance from the use of intoxicating drinks which diswhich would reasonably inflict a course of great menial anguish upon an innocent p

To design, resolve, purpose, To apply a rule of law in the nature of presumption; to discern and follaw the probabilities of like cases.

One who has the charge, management, or direction of some ollice, de partment, or public business.

This phrase is frequently used in conveyances, when reciting soe other conveyance which has not yet been recorded, but which forms alink in the chain of tithe. In Pennsylvania, it

In &panishlaw. The immediate agent of the minister of tlhance, or the chief and principal director of the different branches of the revenue, appointed in the various departments in

The true meaning, the correct understanding ur intention of the law; a presumption or inference niade by the courts. Co. Litt. 78.

In criminal law and the law of evidence. Purpose; formulated design; a resolve to do or forbear a particular act; aim; determination. In its literal sense, the stretching of the mi

Lat. In the civil law. The formal complaint or claim of a plaintiff before the praetor. In old English law. A count or Jeclaration in a real action, (murrativ.) Bract. Intentio cec

A writ that lay against him who entered into lands after the death of a tenant in dower, or for life, ete., and held out to him in reversion or remainder. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 203. 4

Lat. Among; between.

Among other things. A term anciently used in pleading, especially in reciting statutes, where the whole statute was not set forth at length. Inter alia enactatum fuit, among other

Between other persons; between those who are strangers toa matter in question,

Between herart Fleta, lib. 1, c. 35, §§ 1, 2

{( Between the dog and the wolf.) Thet light; because then the dog seeks hia rest and the wolf his prey. 3 Inst. 63.

By way of exchange or interchange. ‘This term propdenotes the method of signing deeds, Jeuses, contracts, etc., executed in duplicate, where each party signs the copy which he deli

To enjoya common mutually or promiscuously with the inhab- _itunts or tenants of a contiguous township, Vill, or manor. 2 Bl. Comm. 33; 1 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 271, § 290.

When thecommons of two adjacent manors join, and the inhabitants of both have immemorially fed their cattle promiscuously on each other’s common, this is called “intercommoning.” ‘

Letters of intercommuning were letters from the Scotch privy council passing (on their act) in the king’s name, charging the Neges not to reset, supply, or intercommune with the pe

Between hus. band and wife.

Between conjunct persons. By the act 1621 c. 18, all conveyances or alienations between conjunct persons, unless granted for onerous causes, are declared, as in a question with cre

Communication; literally, a running or passing between persons or places; commerce.

Among other ina general clause; not by name, (no tim.) A term applied in the civil clauses of disinteritance in a will, Inst. 2 eS, st LG ney Lower

In Roman law. A decree of the preetor by means of whieh, in cerfain cases determined by the edict, he himself directly commanded what should be done or omitted, particularly in cau

In French law. Every person who, on account of insanity, has become incapable of controlling his own interests, can be put under the control of a guardian, who shall administer his

Lat. In Roman law. The Salvian interdict. A process which lay for the owner of a farm to obtain possession of the goods of his tenant who had pledged them to him for the rent of th

An interest in aterm. That species of interest or property which a lessee for years acquires in the lands demised to him, before he las actually become possessed of those lands; as

In property. The most general term that can be employed to denote # property in lands or chattels. In its application to Jands or things real, it is frequently used in connection w

MARITIME. See Marr

In insurance, One which actually, or prima facie, covers a substantial and insurable interest; as opposed to a wager policy. Interest reipublices ne maleficia re- Mmaneant impunita

A receipt for money paid by way of premium for a contract of insurance for whieh application is wade. If the risk is rejected, tlhe money is refunded, lesa the pro rata premium.

In old practice. were called “interlaqueata” where several were issued against several parties residing in different connties, each party being summoned by a separate writ to warra

A judgment which is not final is called “interlocutory;” that is, an iuterlocutory judgment is one which determines some preliminary or subordinate point or plea, or settles some s

The act of writing between the lines of an instrument; also what is writien between lines.

In Scoteh practice. An order or decree of court; an order made in open court, 2 Swint. 362; Arkley, 32.

In Seotch practice. A decree as to the releyancy of a libel or indietment in a criminal case. 2 Alis. Crim. Pr. 373.

Provisional; temporary; not final. Something interyening between the commencement and the end of a suit which decides some pojnt or matter, but is not a final decision of the whole

In practice. Costs accruing upon proceedings in the intermediate stages of a cause, as distinguished trom final costs; such ag the costs of motions. 3 Chit. Gen. Pr. 597.

In equily practice. A provisional or preliminary decree, which is not final and does not determine the suit, but directs some further proceedings preparatory to the final decree, A

“<Anor-. der which decides not the cause, but only settles some intervening matter relating to it; as when an order is made, on a motion in chancery, for the plaintiff to have an i

In the civiliaw. A sentence on some indirect question arising from the principal cause. Hallifax, Civil Law, b. 3, ch. 9, no. 40.

Persons who runinte business to which they have no right, or who interfere wrongfully; persons who enter a country or place to trade without license. Webster.

In terms of determination; exacily in point. 11 Coke, 405. In express or determinate SE terms. 1 Leon. 93, EE

To restrict or shut up a persou, a8 & political prisoner, within a limited territory.

The law which regulates the intercourse of nations; the law of nations. 1 Kent, Comm. 1, 4. The customary law which determines the rights and regulates the intercourse of independe

A minister of a second order, charged with the aitfairs of the papal court in countries where that court has no uni.

A messenger batween two parties; a go-bebween. Applied

Between parties, Instruments in which two persons unite, each making conveyance to, or engagement with, the other, are called “papers inter partes.”

In the civil law The act by which, in consequence of an agre Moent, the party bound declares that he will not be bound beyond a certain time. Wollf, Inst. Nab. 8 752.

When two or more persons claim the same thing (or fund) of a third, and he, laying no claim to it himself, is ignorant which of them has a right to it, and fears he may be prejudic

To insert words ina complete document.

The act of inter polating; the words interpolated,

A section of a slatute which defines the meaning of certain words occurring frequently in the other sections.

A person sworn ata trial to interpret the evidence of a foreigner or a deaf and dumb person to the court.

Be tween four wails. Fleta, lib. 6, c. 55, § 4

In English law, Among the things belonging to the sove eign. Among these are rights of salmon fishing, mines of gold and silver, forests, forfeitures, casualties of superiority, et

Aninterval between reigns. ‘The period which elapses between the death of a sovereign and the election of another. The vacancy which occurs when there is no government.

In French law. An acti which contains the interrogatories made by the judge to the person accused, on the facts which are the object of the accusation, and the answers of the accus

A set or series of written questions drawn up for the purpose of being propounded toa party in equity, a garnishee, or a witness whose testimony is taken on deposition; a series of

In terror or warning; by way of threat. Applied to legacies piven upon condition that the recipient shall a not dispute the validity or the dispositions of the wills such a conditi

Lat. Interruption. A term used both in the civil and common law of prescription. Calvin. Interruptio multiplex non tollit prescriptionem semel obtentam,. 2Inst. 654, Frequent inter

The occurrence of some act or fact, during the period of prescription, which is sufficient to arrest the running of thestatute of limitations. Itis said to be either “natural” or “

the illitsie erate or unlearned.

INTER SESE. Among themselves. Story, Partn. § 405.

The point of intersection of two roads is the point where their middle lines intersect. 73 Pa. St. 127.

Trallic, intercourse, commercial trading, er the transportation of persons or property between or among the several states of the Union, or from or bet ween points in one slate aud

The act of congress of February +, 1887, designed to regulate commerce between the states, and particularly the transportation of persons and property, by carriers, between interst

An intervener isa person who voluntarily interposes in an action or other proceeding with the leave of the COULt.

Such damages to an appellee as result from the delay eaused by the appeal. 1 Tyler, 207.

Be tween husband and wife.

Between the living; from one living person to another. Where property passes by conveyances, the transac. ry gift from one person to another ia “gift inter vivos,” to distinguish }

A witness incompe tent to testify. Calvin.

Gne whe has not testar mentary capacity; ¢ g., an infant, lunatie, or person civilly dead,

The state or condition of dying without having made a vilid will.

Without making a will, A person is said to dia intestate when he dies without making a will, or dies withouk leaving anything to testify what his wishes were with respect to the di

Lat. In witness; in svidence whereof.

In Englishlaw. Ev-_ ery person commits a misdemeanor, punishable wilh a fine or imprisonment, who wrongfully uses violence to or trtimidutes any other person, or his wife or childr

This, by statute in several of the states, is made acriminal offense. Under an early Pennsylvania act, it was held that, to constitute the offense of intimidation of voters, there

An old form of “entitle.” 6 Mod. 304.

In old records. Toll or eustom paid for things imported and exported. or boughtin and sold out. Cowell.

In so many words; in precisely the same words; ward for word.

In the whole; wholly; completely; as theaward is void t7 tote. In toto et pars continetur. Inthe whole the part also is contained. Dig. 50, 17, 113. In traditionibus scriptorum, no

Generally relates to the use of strong drink. “Intoxicated,” used condition produced by drinking intoxicating spirituous liquor, and is equivalent to “drunk.” No additional word is

Those the use of which is ordinarily or commonly attended with entire or partial intoxication. 6 Park. Crim. R. 355. The terms “intoxicating Hquor” and “spirituous liquor” are not

Lat. In; near; within. “In- Sra” or “inter” has taken the place of “intwa” in many of the more modern Latin phrases.

Within the space of a yeur. Cod. 5,9,2. Intra annale tempus. Id. 6, 30, 19,

Iu the passage over; on the vovage over. See Sir William Scott, 3 C0. Rob. Adm. 141,

Within the time of mourning. Cod, 9, 1, auth. INTRA MG:NIA. Within the walls (of a house.) A term applied to domestic or menial servants. 1 Bl. Comm. 425.

Intransit; on the way or passage; while passing from one persen or place Loanother. 2 Kent, Comm. 540-552. On the voyage. 10. Rob. Adm. 332.

Between walls; among friends; out of court; without litigation. Culvin.

Within the de fenses. See INFRA PRestpta.

Within the four seas. Shep. Touch. 878.

To drain ex marsh or low ground, and convert it into herbage or pasture.

An act to said to be intra vires (“within the power”) of a person or corporation when it is within the scope of his or its powers or authority. It is the opposite of ultra vires, (

Com-' M mon and ordinary duties with the lord’s

The tuatrinsie value of a thing is its true, inherent, and essential value, not depending upon accident, place, or person, but the same everywhere and te every one. 5 Ired. 698.

The part of a writing which sets forth preliminary matter, or facts tending to explain the subject.

Dealings in stock, goods, or cash of a principal coming into the hands of his agent, to be accounted for by the agent to his principal. 29 Eng. Law & Eq. 391,

In French ecclesiasticallaw. Enthronement. The installation of a bishop in his episcopal see.

A stranger who, on the death of the ancestor, enters on the land, unlawfully, before the heir can enter.

A species of injury by ouster or amotion of possession from the freehold, being an entry of a stranger, after a particular estate of freehold is determined, before him in remainder