Law Dictionary

practices that the Supreme Court of Kansas thinks are fair," neither standard contract law nor standard logic will support the majority's attempted defense of the Kansas court's re

The term “industry-wide” means activities funded by or performed on behalf of local exchange carriers for use in providing wireline telephone exchange service whose combined total

Same as Induciae.

the different types of depletable resource, not to individual taxpayers.

In the same condition.

An habitual drunkard. A person rendered unfit, by habitual intoxication, to transact business.

One ordained by some church to preach the Gospel. Ministers are authorized in the United States, generally, to solemnize marriage, and are liable to fines and penalties for marryin

The term “inedible” means eggs of the following descriptions: black rots, yellow rots, white rots, mixed rots (addled eggs), sour eggs, eggs with green whites, eggs with stuck yolk

In force or operation.

The incapacity to be lawfully elected to an office.

Not qualified to hold office. See 27 Minn. 466, 38 Am. Rep. 304, 8 N. W. 375.

The term “ineligible condominium property” means a condominium unit, as such term is defined in section 3603 of title 15— (I) to which the Corporation acquires title in its corpora

For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “ineligible corporation” means any corporation which is— (A) a financial institution which uses the reserve method of accounting for bad deb

The term “ineligible multifamily housing property” means a property consisting of more than 4 dwelling units— (I) to which the Corporation acquires title in its capacity as conserv

The term “ineligible residential property” includes ineligible single family properties, ineligible multifamily housing properties, and ineligible condominium properties. / The ter

The term “ineligible single family property” means a 1- to 4-family residence (including a manufactured home)— (I) to which the Corporation acquires title in its corporate capacity

The term "ineligible sources" means the following: (i) The eligible entity's internal research and development funds. (ii) Funding in forms other than cash, such as in-ki

In envy of a neighbor.

The tenth part of the annual profit of every living in the kingdom, formerly paid to the pope, but by St. 26 Hen. VIII. c. 3, transferred to the crown, and afterwards made a part o

An officer who takes possession of an insolvent or bankrupt estate.

The royal prerogative is an arbitrary power vested in the executive to do good, and not evil. Rutherforth, Inst. 279; Co. Litt. 90; Chit. Prerog.; Bac. Abr.

The statements of a cause of action, given by a client to his attorney, and whicb, where such is the practice, are sent to his pleader to put into legal form of a declaration. Warr

In the greater the less is always (included).

According to equitable doctrines. IN ESSE (Lat.) In being; in existence. An event which may happen is in posse; when it has happened, it is in ease. The term is often used of liens

A defense in writing, made by a defendant to the charges contained in a bill or information filed by the plaintiff against him in a court of equity. In Code Pleading. The defendant

HOMINES (Lat). in Feudal Law. Men; feudatory tenants who claimed a privilege of having their causes, etc., tried only In their lord’s court Paroch. Antiq, 15. HOMINES LI6II. In Feu

The term “inert ingredient” means an ingredient which is not active.

The term “inert matter” means all matter not seeds, and includes among others broken seeds, sterile florets, chaff, fungus bodies, and stones, determined by methods prescribed unde

In being.

In the essentials.

MODUS, conditio sive causa; ut modus est; si conditio; quia causa. In a gift there may be manner, condition, and cause; as (ut), intro-

In a gift there may be manner, condition, and cause; as [ut] introduces a manner; if, [si,] a condition; because, [quia,] a cause. Dyer, 138.

There can be manner, condition or cause in a gift; “ut” is for the manner; “si” for the condition; “quia” for the cause.

It is as a matter of law.

It is implied in law.

in every year after the year the premiums for which have been paid? Or in every year after the current year from the date of the policy?

An Interrogation put to a witness, requesting him to declare the truth of certain facts as far as he knows them. Questions are either general or leading. By a general question is m

Unavoidable.

Inevitable accident, as applied to cases of this description, must be understood to mean 'a collision which occurs when both parties have endeavored, by every means in their power,

Congress has not made clear its purpose, but when that purpose is made manifest in a manner that leaves no doubt according to the ordinary meaning of English speech, this Court in

when it says, "[i]n this case, of course, the constitutional violation of an illegal "manner "of entry was "not "a but-for cause of obtaining the evidence." "Ante, "at 592.

The principle deducible from the authorities is, that if what is agreed to be done is possible and lawful, it must be done. Difficulty or improbability of accomplishing the underta

A guard.

In exchange.

Words used to express the fact that the instrument is intended to carry into effect some other instrument, as in case of a deed in execution of a power. They are said to be synonym

In .issue; in the outcome.

In the drawing of instruments, bad grammar should be avoided as much as possible.

mala grammatica, quod fieri potest, vitanda est. In the construction of instruments, bad grammar is to be avoided as much as possible. 6 Coke, 39; 2 Pars. Cont. 26.

At length; in full. IN EXTREMIS (Lat.) At the very end; in the last moments. IN FACIE CURIAE (Law Lat.) In the face of the court. Dyer, 28. IN FACIE ECCLESIAE (Lat.) In the face or

The acts complained of were done in the excitement of the moment, and in extremis. Whether they were wise it is not material to inquire. If unwise, they were errors and not faults.

An accident produced by any physical cause which is inevitable, such as lightning, storms, perils of the sea, inundation, earthquake, sudden death or illnesa

In the face of the court Dyer, 28.

Before the court.

In the face of the church. A term applied in the law of England to marriages, which are required to be solemnized in a parish church or public chapel, unless by dispensation or lic

In the face of the church.

In doing; in performing.

Actual; not based on legal fiction or intendment of law. IN FACTO In fact; in deed. In faeto dicit, in fact says. 1 Salk. 22, pi. 1. Depending on faet. Calv. Lex. IN FAOTO QUOD 8E

In fact; indeed.

In an act or deed which admits of being considered as both good and bad, the law intends more from the good than from the bad; the law makes the more favorable construction. Co. Li

In a deed which may be held either good or bad, the law directs its attention more to the good than to the bad.

In Old English Law. Exposed upon the sands, or seashore. A species of punishment mentioned in Hengham. Cowell. INFAMIA (Lat.). Infamy; Ignominy or disgrace. By infamia juris is mea

(Lat.) In the civil law. To defame; to attack or injure one's character by word or writing. Brissonius; 3 Bl. Com. 125. INFAMIS (Lat.) In Roman law. One who, in consequence of the

Infamy; disgrace.

Infamy of one supposed to be guilty of infamous crime, but who has not been con' victed. See 17 Mass. 515.

Disgrace in conviction of crime. See 17 Mass. 515.

Infamous; of ill repute.

A crime which works infamy in one who has committed it. In the United States. It has been held that only those crimes are infamous that were so at common law (1 Dak. 289), but the

One punishable by imprisonment in a state prison. See 108 N. C. 593, 23 Am. St. Rep. 73, 13 S. E. 168.

Such as may be challenged as jurors propter delictum, and therefore shall never be admitted to give evidence to inform that jury with whom they were too scandalous to associate. 59

That state which is produced by the conviction of an infamous crime, and the loss of honor, which renders the infamous person incompetent as a witness or juror. 3 Watts & S. (Pa.)

intang, saa^ In old European law. A laying on of hands.

The state of an infant. See Infant .

A lord’s right to adjudge a thief taken on his premises.

Same as Infangenthef.

INFAN6ENETHEF. The right of the lord of the manor to sit in judgment on the thief caught on his own laud. The jurisdictional powers granted in the charters of the thirteenth centur

infangtiieof, infangthef, infangethef, infangenthef, infongenthet, infangenetheof, sax. In old English law. A thief taken in, or within; i, e. within the manor or liberty of any ma

A child under seven.

An infant does not differ much from a lunatic.

At common law, one of either sex under the age of twenty-one years. Co. Litt. 171. By statute, the age at which females reach their majority has been lowered in some states. See "A

The term “infant formula” means a food which purports to be or is represented for special dietary use solely as a food for infants by reason of its simulation of human milk or its

Childhood to the age of seven years.

The murder of a newborn infant. It is thus distinguishable from "abortion" and "foeticide," which are limited to the destruction of the life of the foetus in utero.

The term “infant or toddler with a disability” has the meaning given the term in section 1432 of this title . / The term "infant or toddler with a disability"— (A) means

“Infants” means persons under one year of age.

An infant is liable for actual, not for constructive torts founded upon contract, or bailment, which is in the nature of a contract. In this case the action might as well have been

An English statute enabling an infant to enter with court sanction into a valid marriage settlement. See St. 18 & 19 Viet., c. 43.

The term “infants or toddlers with disabilities” has the meaning given the term in section 632 of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1432 ).

For purposes of this part, the term “infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities” means children with disabilities and infants and toddlers with disabilities as define

In Spanish law. A person of noble birth, who exercises within his domains and inheritance no other rights and privileges than those conceded to him.

In things favored, what profits is more regarded than what prejudices. Bac. Max. p. 57, in reg. 12.

In favored matters, more attention is paid to that which benefits than to that which does harm.

In favor of liberty.

In favor of life.

it is a rule in criminal law in favorem vitae, in capital cases, that when a special plea in bar is found against the prisoner, either upon issue tried by a jury, or upon a point o

All things are presumed in favor of life, liberty and innocence.

In favor of life, liberty, and innocence, every presumption is made. Lofft. 125.

In medical jurisprudent The transmission of disease or disease germs from one person to another, either directly by contact with morbidly affected surfaces, or more remotely throug

One capable of being transmitted or communicated by means of infection.

For purposes of this part, the term “infection with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome” includes any condition arising from such etiologic agent.

The term “infectious disease” means a disease potentially caused by a pathogenic organism (including a bacteria, virus, fungus, or parasite) that is acquired by a person and that r