Inception

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The commencement; the beginning. In making a will, for example, the writing is its inception. 3 Coke, 31b; Plowd. 343.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Initial stage. See 88 Tex. 574, 53 Am. St. Rep. 790, 30 L. R. A. 65, 33 S. W. 652.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The commencement; the beginning. In making a will, for example, the writing is its inception. 3 Co. 31 6; Plowd. 343. INCERT/C PERSONiC. Uncertain persons, as posthumous heirs, a corporation, the poor, a juristic person, or persons who cannot be ascertained until after the execution of a will. Sohm. Inst. Rom. L. 1(H, 458.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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 In R. A. 765, 53 Am. St Rep. 790; Sullivan v. Coni Co., 94 Tex. 541, 63 S. W. 307; Marvin v. McCul-lum, 20 Johns. (N. Y.) 288; State v. Bollero, 112 La. 850, 36 South. 754.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Commencement; opening; initiation. The beginning of the operation of a contract or will. Incerta pro nullis habentur. Uncertain things are held for nothing. Dav. it K. B. 33. Incerta quantitas vitiatactum. 1 Rolie R. 465. An uncertain quantity vitiates the act.