Informer

A _ person who informs or prefers an accusation against another, whom he suspects of the violation of some penal statute. When the informer is entitled to the penalty or part of the penalty, upon the conviction of an offender, he is, or is not a competent witness, accordingly as the statute creating the penalty has or has not made him so.

1 Phil. Ev. 97; Rosc. Cr. Ev. 107; 5 Mass. R. 57; 1 Dall. 68; 1 Saund. 262, c.

Vide articles, Prosecutor, Rewards. 7 a - INFORTIATUM,. civil law. The second part of the Digest or Pandects of Justinian, is called enfortiatum, sce Digestum infortiatum. This part, which commences with the third title of the twentyfourth book, and ends with the thirtyeighth book, was thus called because it was the middle part, which, it was said, was supported and fortified by cause it treats of successions, substitutions and other important matters, and being more used than the others, produced greater fees to the lawyers.