in invitum
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 303 U.S. 245 - McCollum v. Hamilton National Bank · 1938Most cited · 170 citing opinions
liability for the usury penalty does not arise in contract but is laid in invitum as a disciplinary measure; the penalty is imposed by operation of law against the will of the party, not as a debt arising from agreement
How often courts cite the case defining “in invitum”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “in invitum” — 170 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.