Law Dictionary

In tort, a ratification is regarded as a command.

To leave a port; to be out of a port. To depart imports more than to sail, or set sail. A warranty in a policy that a vessel shall depart on or before a particular day is a warrant

The term “Inmarsat” means the International Mobile Satellite Organization established pursuant to the Convention on the International Maritime Organization.

The term “Inmarsat Convention” means the Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organization (Inmarsat) (TIAS 9605, 31 UST 1).

The term "inmate" means any person incarcerated or detained in any facility who is accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for, violations of c

The term “inmate of a public institution” has the meaning given such term for purposes of applying the subdivision (A) following the last numbered paragraph of section 1396d(a) of

With the greatest power liberty is least.

Into the meat of the matter.

Intermediate. A term applied, in Scotch practice, to a fund held between parties litigant.

There should be no commerce in illicit merchandise.

To be in mercy is to be at the discretion of the king, lord, or judge in punishing any offense not directly censured gjreat penalty. 11 Hen. VI. c. 6. So, where the plaintiff faile

Of mere right.

In mercy.

In a milder sense.

In the manner or form of an assise. Bract, fol. 183b. In modum juratœ, in manner of a jury. Id. foL 181b.

In the manner of an assize.

In delay; in default.

In mortmain. See Mortmain .

A house where a traveller is furnished with everything he has occasion for while on his way. Bac. Abr. "Inns" (B); 12 Mod. 255; 3 Barn. & Aid. 283; 4 Camp. 77; 2 Chit. Bailm. 484;

A pledge.

(Law Lat.) In old rec ords. Unnatural usage. Cowell.

Unseaworthiness Qf a ship; the state of being impassable by ships.

A term applied in foreign insurance law to a vessel not navigable, through irremediable misfortune by a peril of the sea. The ship is relatively innavigable when it will require al

A technical term of the English law of conveyancing, used to designate such conveyances as may be made bya leaschold tenant without working a forfeiture. These are said to ba lease

One admitted to plead within the bar.

the term “inner gorge” means the inherently unstable steep slope (65 percent gradient or more) immediately adjacent to the stream or river channel, extending from the channel or re

The superior department of the High Court of Sessions in Scotland.

See those titles.

Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunningham.

An innkeeper is one who maintains a house for the entertainment of strangers, for a reasonable compensation. To secure this compensation he is given a lien upon the property of his

The absence of guilt (g. v.).

Free from wrongdoing.

One who does the forbidden thing, moved thereto by another person, yet incurs no legal guilt, because either not endowed witlt sufficient mental capacity or not acquainted with the

One which conveys only the title of the grantor, as opposed to a tortious one. See Tortious conveyance .

In English law. A technical term used to signify those conveyances made by a tenant of his leasehold which do not occasion a forfeiture. These are conveyances by lease and release,

Whether the party thus misrepresenting a fact, knew it to be false, or made the assertion without knowing whether it were true or false, is wholly immaterial; for the affirmation o

With respect to a property interest in existence at the time the illegal conduct giving rise to forfeiture took place, the term “innocent owner” means an owner who— (i) did not kno

The authority to contract must exist before any protection as an innocent purchaser can be claimed by the holder. This is the law even as respects commercial paper, alleged to have

Unclassified.

In civil law. Contracts which have no particular names, as permutation and transaction. Inst. 2. 10. 13. There are many innominate contracts; but the Roman lawyers reduced them to

the "unclassified" contracts of Roman law. They are contracts which are neither re, verbis, Uteris, nor consensu simply, but some mixture of or variation upon two or more of such c

literally, are the “unclassified” contracts of Roman law. They are contracts which are neither ve, verbis, literis, nor conscnsté simply, but some mixture of or variation upon two

AMEN (Lat.) In the name of God, Amen. A solemn form of introduction, anciently used in wills and many other instruments, public and private. The Proemia to the Institutes and Diges

In the name of God, Amen.

In Old English Law. A doae or Inclosure {clausum inclauaura). Spel. Gloss, INNOTESCIMUS (Lat). In English Law. An epithet used for letters patent, which are always of a charter of

An inclosure.

We make known.

In the notes.

In Scotch law. The exchange of one obligation for another, so that

The term “innovation grant” means a matching grant to a local government to cover costs of personnel, facilities, equipment, supplies, or services designed to demonstrate innovativ

“innovation grants” means matching grants to local governments to cover costs of personnel, facilities, equipment, supplies, or services designed to demonstrate innovative and cost

In this subsection, the term “innovation infrastructure” includes laboratories, test and evaluation ranges, and any other infrastructure whose primary purpose is research, developm

Innovation lifecycle.—The term “innovation lifecycle” means the process of innovating through— (A) the identification of a need; (B) the establishment of the scope of research to a

The term “innovative assessment system” means a system of assessments that may include— (1) competency-based assessments, instructionally embedded assessments, interim assessments,

The term “innovative process” means a process that is significantly improved as compared to the process in general use in the commercial marketplace in the United States at the tim

The term “innovative technology” means a technology that is significantly improved as compared to the technology in general use in the commercial marketplace in the United States a

The term "innovative wood product facility" means a manufacturing or processing plant or mill that produces— (A) building components or systems that use large panelized w

The term “innovator multiple source drug” has the meaning given such term in section 1396r–8(k)(7)(A)(ii) of this title . / The term “innovator multiple source drug” means a multip

NOVUM REMEDIUM apponendum est. A new remedy^is to be applied to a new case. 2 Inst. 3. IN NUBIBUS (Lat.) In the clouds; in abeyance; in custody of law. In nubibus, in mare, in terr

In a novel case a new remedy must be applied.

To exculpate.

So called because anciently inhabited lay such clerks as chieily studied the framing of writs, which regularly belonged to the cursitors, who were officers of the court of chancery

Societies of lawyers at London from the members of which the barristers are qualified for the bar. The four principal ones are the Middle Temple, Inner Temple, Gray’s Inn and Linco

The name given to the colleges of the English professors and students of the common law. "The four principal inns of court are the Inner Temple and Middle Temple (formerly belongin

I Useless; without force or effect Inntilis labor, et sine frnctn non est effectus legis: useless and fruitless labor is not the effect of law. Inntilis stipulatio: an ineffectual

In the clouds; in abeyance.

That part of a declaration or complaint for defamation which explains the meaning of the defamatory words. See 4 Am. Dec. 349, note.

In the goods of no one.

In nothing has there been error. A plea in a proceeding on a writ of error.

Where the expression of the will of one who seeks to manumit a slave is ambiguous, liberty is to be favored. Dig. 50, 17, 179.

In a doubtful wish for manumission, liberty is favored.

In obscure matters, it is customary to inquire into what is probable or what is usually done.

In obscure matters we follow that which is least.

In obscure cases, we usually look at what is most probable or what most com-monly happens. Dig. 50, 17, 114.

or OCTABIS. (Law Lat.) On the octave. One of the ancient return days in the English courts. 3 Bl. Comm. 277, 278. IN ODIUM SPOLIATORIS (Lat.) In hatred of a despoiler. All things a

To the prejudice of the despoiler.

All things are presumed to the prejudice of the despoiler.

Neglectful or contrary to duty.

An inofficious testament.

An inofficious will is one in which natural affection and the claims of near relationship have been disregarded.^ The civil law defines an inofficious or undutiful will to be such

A will not in accordance with the natural affections and ties of relationship of the testator. INOFICiOCIDAD. In Spanish law. Everything done contrary to a duty or obligation assum

(Spanish) A violation of duty.

In the Civil Law. To show or discover. To fix or tell the price of a thing. Calv. Lex. IN Die AT IF. An abolished writ by which a prosecution was in some cases removed from a court

Open and violent larceny from the person; robbery. St. 14 Car. II. c. 22; Cowell; 4 Bl. Comm. 242.

A judge's chamber. Dyer, 69b. (Fr. Ed.); Id. 140b. CAMERA REGIS (Lat. the chambers of the king). A term formerly applied especially to harbors, and generally to all the harbors or

To accept. Acceptavit, he accepted. 2 Strange, 817. Non acceptavit, he did not accept. 4 Man. & G. 7. In the Civil Law. To accept; to assent; to assent to a promise made by another

An exception taken at the trial. Fleta, lib. 6, c. 55, § 8. In Old Conveyancing. An exception in a deed or other instrument. 9 Coke, 53. EXCEPTIO DILATORIA (Lat.) In the civil law.

A hundred weight. Centena pisctium, a hundred weight of fish. Pryn. 303. Centena eerae zucarii, piperis, cumini, etc., continet tredecim petras et dimidium, the hundred weight of w

In every action where two distresses concur, that is to say, in rem, and in personam, that distress will hold which is the more feared and which binds the more firmly.

In every action where two distresses concur, that is, in rem and in personam, that is to be chosen which is most dreaded, and which binds most firmly. Bract, fol. 372; Fleta, 1. 6,

In all obligations in which a date Is not put, the debt is due on the present day; the liability accrues immediately. Dig. 50, 17, 14.

In all things, but especially in law, equity is to be regarded. Dig. 50, 17, 90; Story, Bailm. § 257.

In all things.

In all contracts, whether nominate or innominate, an exchange [of value, i. e„ a consideration] is implied. Gravin. lib. 2, § 12; 2 Bl. Comm. 444, note.

SIVE nominatis, sive innominatis, permutatro continetur. In every contract, whether nominate or innominate, there is implied an exchange, i. e., a consideration.

In all contracts whether nominate or innominate, a consideration is contained.

In nearly all penal judgments, immaturity of age and imbecility of mind are favored. Dig. 50, 17, 108 ; Broom, Max. 314.

IN quibus dies non ponltur, praesenti die debetur. In all obligations, when no time Is IN OMNIBUS POENALIBUS JUDICII8, et aetati et imprudentiae succurritur. In all trials for pena

In all obligations in which no time is designated for their fulfillment, the obligation is presently due.

In all penal judgments, both youth and lack of prudence are favored.