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Indicia

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Plural of Indicium.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Signs; indications. Circumstances which point to the existence of a given fact as probable, but not certain. For example, "indicia of partnership" are any circumstances which would induce the belief that a given person was in reality, though not ostensibly, a member of a given firm.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. Signs; marks; badges; facte proved as pointing to facte sought. Indicia indubitata quse fldein extorquent: undoubted tokens which extort belief. Indiciis luce clarioribus: by indications clearer than light

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Signs; indications. Cireumstances which point to the existence of a given fact as probable, but not certain. For example, “indicia of partnership” are any circumstances which would induce the beliefthat a given person was in reality, though not ostensibly, a member of a given firm.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Marks; signs; appearances! color. In civil law, circumstantial evidence — facts which give rise to inferences. In common law. indications ' Choctaw Nation v. United States, 119 U. S. 28 (1886), Matthews, J. On Indian citizenship, see 20 4m. Law Rev. 188-93 (1886), cases. i" United States v. Seveloff, 2 Saw. 311 (1873); Peloher V. United States^ 3 Me Crary, 510, 515 (1S83), cases; United States ti. Martin, 8 Saw. 473 (18E3), cases; Forty- Three Cases of Brandy, 14 F. R. 639-42 (1882), cases; United States v. Earl, 17 id. 75 (1883), cases; United States V. Holliday, 3 Wall. 407, 416-19 (1865). of character: as, indicia of authority, of fraud, of title.' See Badge, 8.