Ingrossing
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
In practice. The act of copying, from a rough draft, a writing, in order that it may be executed; as, ingrossing a deed. INHABITANT (Lat. in, in, habeo, to dwell). One who has a habitation at a given place. It embraces locality of existence; refers to the place of a person's actual residence and excludes the idea of occasional or temporary residence. 3 111. 396, 403. See "Habitation." The term is one whose meaning varies with the context. 10 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 771. Used^n the tax laws as convertible with ''resident." In making residence a test of taxability, the statute looks only to an actual inhabitancy for some permanent period and purpose, at a prescribed time, 48 Barb. (N. Y.) 51.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The act of copying from a rough draft a writing in order that it may be executed: as ingrossing a deed.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The act of making a fair and perfect copy of any document from a rough draft of it, in order that it may be executed or put to its final purpose.