Law Dictionary

In civil law. To put into; to deposit a writing in court, answering nearly to the modern expression "to file." To transcribe an act in the public registers; to record. Si non manda

Suggestion.

In civil law. The transcription of an act on the public registers, like our recording of deeds. It was not necessary in any other alienation but that appropriated to the purpose of

In civil law. The first production of it; or, leaving it in the hands of the register in order to its probate. 21 Hen. VIII. c. 5; Jacob. INSOLIDE (Law Lat.) Solidly; without any s

See Sufficient. r CfSULT. See Assault; Provocation.

the term “insolation” means the rate at which solar energy is received at the surface of the Earth;

I. I. In old English law. Solidly; without any separation of possession or ownership. to pay his debts; strictly, the state of a person, not engaged in trade, ■who is unable to pay

As a whole; for the whole sum; jointly and severally. See 115 U. S. 264, 29 L. Ed. 377, 6 Sup. Ct. Rep. 40.

or IN SOLIDO (Lat.) In civil law. For the whole; as a whole. An obligation or contract is said to be in solido or in solidum when each is liable for the whole, but so that a paymen

In the soil; on the land.

On one's own land.

In payment.

The term insolvency is not always used in the same sense. It is sometimes used to denote the insufficiency of the entire property and assets of an individual to pay his debts. This

The bankruptcy act contemplates that by remaining in business and at work, an insolvent may become able to pay off his debts. It does not prevent him from continuing in trade, depo

In English law. A fund, consisting of moneys and securities, which, at the time of the passing of the bankruptcy act, 1861, stood, in the Bank of England, to the credit of the comm

A sovereign state, and one of the states of the Union, if the latter were not restrained by constitutional prohibitions, might, in virtue of sovereignty, act upon the contracts of

A trust so created, to arise upon insolvency, is a preference under another name.

The term “insolvency year” means a plan year in which a plan is insolvent. / “insolvency year” means a plan year in which a plan is insolvent.

It applies only to liens obtained in legal proceedings against a person who was 'insolvent' when the lien was acquired. If the debtor was then solvent the lien is not invalidated a

The law undoubtedly permits an insolvent to prefer one creditor over another, and allows such creditor to retain such preferential payment against all persons, except the trustee i

A statute which relieved a debtor’s person from imprisonment for debt. See 4 N. J. L. 192, 7 Am. Dec. 582.

Insolvent laws of one State cannot discharge the contracts of citizens of other States; because such laws have no extra territorial operation, and consequently the tribunal sitting

According to the law of Louisiana, on a surrender by the insolvent of his property for the benefit of creditors, the estate vests in the latter sub modo, and is disposed of by them

The term “in-space transportation services” means operations and activities involved in the direct transportation or attempted transportation of a payload or object from one orbit

The term “in-space transportation system” means the space and ground elements, including in-space transportation vehicles and support space systems, and ground administration and c

The term “in-space transportation vehicle” means a vehicle designed— (A) to be based and operated in space; (B) to transport various payloads or objects from one orbit to another o

In expectation.

the terms, in specie, are merely descriptive of the kind of dollars in which the note is payable, there being different kinds in circulation, recognized by law. They mean that the

An adverse party. INSPECTION (Lat. inspicere, to look into). The examination of certain articles made by law subject to such examination, so that they may be declared fit for comme

The terms “inspected” and “inspection” mean any examination of a return or return information.

only the right to "examine or view and nothing- more, is further shown by the fact that in the first proviso in 257 (a), giving certain .

TRIAL BY. A mode of trial formerly in use in England, by which the judges of a court decided a point in dispute, upon the testimony of their own senses, without the intervention of

Laws to protect the community from fraud in domestic sales and to preserve the reputation of the state in its imports. See 20 Blatchf. 296, 10 Fed. (U. S.) 357.

The preliminary examination of documents by the party opposing him who offers them in evidence.

The term “inspection service” means the official Government service within the Department of Agriculture designated by the Secretary as having the responsibility for carrying out t

In this subchapter, the terms “challenge inspection”, “plant site”, “plant”, “facility agreement”, “inspection team”, and “requesting state party” have the meanings given those ter

A mode of trial formerly in use in England, by which the judges of a court decided a point in dispute, upon the testimony of their own senses, without the intervention of a jury. T

“Inspector” means any person employed, licensed, or authorized by the Secretary to determine and certify the type, grade, condition, or other characteristics of tobacco. / The term

The term “Inspector General” means the Inspector General of an establishment. / In this subsection, the term “Inspector General” means an Inspector General appointed under section

Officers whose duty it Is to examine the quality of certain articles of merchandise, food, weights and measures, etc.

DEED OF. In English law. An agreement between an insolvent and his creditors, by which a certain person is appointed to supervise the winding up of the estate. citing a grant, insp

Lat. In old English law. We have inspected. An exemplification of letters patent, so calied from the emphatic word of the old forms. 5 Coke, 53b.

law, is a writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him that, in the presence of twelve men and as many women, he cause examination to be made, whether a woman therein named is with

See Institutes of Coke .

The term “installation” has the meaning given the term “military installation” in section 2801(c)(4) of this title . / The terms “major fuel-burning installation” and “installation

The term “installation of a new motor fuel dispenser system” means the installation of a new motor fuel dispenser and the equipment necessary to connect the dispenser to the underg

“installation standards” means reasonable specifications for the installation of a manufactured home, at the place of occupancy, to ensure proper siting, the joining of all section

The term “installation-support services” means those services, supplies, resources, and support typically provided by a local government for its own needs and without regard to whe

The term “installment acceleration amount” means, with respect to any plan year in a restriction period with respect to an election year, the sum of— (I) the aggregate amount of ex

permits a taxpayer to return as taxable income for a given year only 'that proportion of the installment payments actually received in that year which the gross profit realized or

the taxpayer may return in any taxable year that proportion of the installment payments actually received in that year which the gross profit realized or to be realized when paymen

Different portions of the same debt payable at different successive periods as agreed. Brown.

The term “installment sale” means a disposition of property where at least 1 payment is to be received after the close of the taxable year in which the disposition occurs.

used in the specialized, technical sense in which it is generally employed in the insurance field—namely, to indicate a guaranty that a designated number of monthly payments shall

A part of a debt due by contract, and agreed to be paid at a time different from that fixed for the payment of the other part. For example, if I engage to pay you one thousand doll

A contract the consideration in which is expressed in separate and distinct items.

A note the principal of which is payable in two or more certain amounts at different stated times.

Partial payments on account of a larger sum.

Literally, standing on; hence, urging, solicitation. Webster. ——In Civil and French Law. In general, all sorts of actions and judicial demands. Dig. 44. 7. 58. In Ecclesiastical La

In English law. That division or department of the court of admiralty which exercises all the ordinary admiralty jurisdiction, with the single exception of prize cases, the latter

In English law. That branch of the admiralty court which has the jurisdiction of all matters except those relating to prizes. An "instance court" takes cognizance of contracts made

Where the seizure is made on navigable waters, within the ninth section of the Judiciary Act, the case belongs to the instance side of the District Court; but where the seizure was

In Spanish law. The institution and prosecution of a suit from its inception until definitive judgment. The first instance, primera instancia, is the prosecution of a suit before t

I. I Jn^K English law. A stock or store of cattle, and other things; thew Bole stock upon a farm, including cattle, wagons, and all implements of husbandry.

2. {. Instant; an indivisible point of time. Instans est finis unius temporis et principium alterius: an instant is the end of one period of time, and the beginning of another.

An instant is the end of one time and the beginning of another.

An indivisible space of time. Although it cannot be actually divided, yet by intendment of law, it may, and be applied to several purposes; for example, he who lays violent hands u

Instant action may be necessary where the misbehavior is in the presence of the judge and is known to him, and where immediate corrective steps are needed to restore order and main

An "instantaneous" crime is one which is fully consummated or completed in and by a single act (such as arson or murder) as distinguished from one which involves a series or repeti

The term “instantaneous water heater” means a water heater that has an input rating of at least 4000 Btu per hour per gallon of stored water.

At once.

Likeness; like.

the term “in-State depository institution or in-State holding company” means an existing insured depository institution currently operating in the State in which the bank in defaul

In the same state; without change. See 6 N. M. 380, 28 Pac. 764.

In the state in which it was before the war.

In the state in which it was before.

Farming equipment.

In old English deeds. A stock or store of cattle, and other things; the whole stock upon a farm, including cat-lie, wagons, plows, and all other implements of husbandry. 1 Mon. Ang

1. An implement or tool, qq. V. 2. Whatever may be presented as evidence to the senses of an adjudicating tribunal, — a document, witness, or even a living thing produced for inspe

The act by which one incites another to do something; as, to injure a third person, or to commit some crime or misdemeanor, to commence a suit, or to prosecute a criminal. See "Acc

In the construction of agreements words are interpreted against the person using them. Thus, the construction of the stipulatio is against the stipulator, and the construction of t

In contracts, when it is questioned as to what the fact is, the lan guage is construed against the promisor. See 2 Day (Conn.), 281.

In stipulations, the time when we contract is regarded. Dig. 50, 17, 144, 1.

In agreements, the time at which we contract is regarded.

In agreements, when it is questioned as to what was done, the words are construed against the promisee.

To establish. INSTITOR (Lat.) In civil law. A clerk in a store; an agent. He was so called because he watched over the business with which he was charged; and it is immaterial whet

According to roots or stocks; by representation. See "Per Stirpes."

To commence; to set on foot Justinian. Institutes of Justinian: elements in four books, compiled by Tribonian, under direction of the Emperor Justinian, and of the principal compon

A factor; a broker; an agent.

Lat. In the civil law. The name of an action given to those who had contracted with an institor (q. v.) to compel the principal to performance. Inst 4, 7, 2; Dig. 14, 3, 1; Story,

An action against a principal on a contract made for him by his institor.

The power or authority of an agent.

L In old English law. To establish, enact or ordain. In the civil law. To prepare, provide or furnish; to designate as an heir; to appoint as an attorney; to commence, as an action

I., Institutes. 1. Elements of the under Justinian. 2. Coke's Institutes.

inaugurate or commence; as to institute an action.

2. In the civil law. person named in the will as heir, but with 1 direction that he shall pass over the estate to another designated person, called the “substi tute.” In Seotch law

An executor whose appointment to act is not made conditional by the will. See Substituted executor .

Elementary treatises on law.

Same as Institutes of Gaius.

Institutes on the common law, in four volumes, by Sir Edward Coke, often cited, respectively, “Co. Litt,” or “1st Inst.,” “2 Inst.“3 Inst.,” “4 Inst.”