Law Dictionary

The Indians have been treated as wards of the nation. Some such supervision was necessary, and has been exercised. In the absence of special provisions, naturally it would be exerc

“Indian student” means a student who is— (A) a member of an Indian tribe; or (B) a biological child of a member of an Indian tribe, living or deceased;

The term “Indian student count” means a number equal to the total number of Indian students enrolled in each tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institution, as

Formerly one of the territories of the United States. It was bounded on the north by the state of Kansas, on the east by the states of Arkansas and Missouri, on the south by the st

This Indian title consisted of the usufruct and right of occupancy and enjoyment; and, so long as it continued, was superior to and excluded those claiming the reserved lands by pa

The court will construe a treaty with the Indians as 'that unlettered people' understood it, and 'as justice and reason demand in all cases where power is exerted by the strong ove

By a rule of interpretation of agreements and treaties with the Indians, ambiguities occurring will be resolved from the standpoint of the Indians. And the rule should certainly be

in the government's dealings with the Indians the rule is exactly the contrary. The construction, instead of being strict, is liberal; doubtful expressions, instead of being resolv

Such provisions are to be liberally construed. Doubtful expressions are to be resolved in favor of the weak and defenseless people who are the wards of the nation, dependent upon i

The term “Indian Tribal government” has the meaning given the term “Indian tribal government” in section 5122 of title 42 . / The term “Indian tribal government” means the governin

The term “Indian tribal law” means any regulation of, or other rule of conduct enforceable by, any Indian tribe, band, or group but only to the extent that the regulation or rule a

As used in this section, the term “Indian tribal organization” means any tribe, band, or community of Indians which is subject to the laws of the United States relating to Indian a

Whatever title the Indians have is in the tribe, and not in the individuals, although held by the tribe for the common use and equal benefit of all the members.

a body of Indians of the same or a similar race, united in a community under one leadership or government, and inhabiting a particular, though sometimes ill-defined, territory

“Indian tribes” means the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation,1 the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs of Oregon, and the Confederat

These Indian tribes are the wards of the nation. They are communities dependent on the United States. . . . From their very weakness and helplessness, so largely due to the course

Its right to sue in behalf of an Indian ward for the purpose of asserting and enforcing his interest in property diverted from a trust fund while being administered by the governme

These Indian tribes are the wards of the Nation. They are communities dependent on the United States. ... From their very weakness and helplessness, so largely due to the course of

The term “Indian Wars” means the campaigns, engagements, and expeditions of the United States military forces against Indian tribes or nations, service in which has been recognized

To designate; to show.

An abolished writ by which a prosecution was in some cases removed from a court christian to the queen's bench. Enc. Lond.

In the law of evidence. A sign or token; a fact pointing to some inference or conclusion. Burrill, Circ. Ev. 251, 252, 263, 275. INDICAVIT (Lat. from indicctre, to show). In Englis

In this subsection, the term "indication of multiple issuance" means an indication, based on a computer match, that supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits are

This is not evidence so called, but the mere suggestion of evidence proper, which may possibly be secured if the suggestion is followed up. Brown.

A king’s writ of prohibition to take from the ecclesiastical court a dispute as to the right to a living the tithes of which amounted to a fourth thereof. See 1 Mill, Const. (S. C.

Plural of Indicium.

there 'are indicia of reliability which have been widely viewed as determinative of whether a statement may be placed before the jury though there is no confrontation of the declar

A symbol; a token; a sign; a mark; evidence.

To charge one with crime by indictment or information. See 19 Blatchf. 249, 7 Fed. (U. S.) 193.

Capable of being indicted; liable to be Indicted; as, an indictable offender. That forms a subject or ground of indictment; as, an indictable offence. Encyc. Diet

in such impositions or deceits where common prudence may guard persons against the suffering from them, the offence is not indictable, but the party is left to his civil remedy for

every act of a public evil example, and against good morals, is an offence indictable by the common law

A felony. See 42 Mo. 572.

2. I. In old English law. An indictments

To indict.

Having had an indictment found against him.

A person indicted. INDICTIO (Lat.) In old public law. A declaration; a proclamation. Indictio belli, a declaration or indiction of war. Molloy de Jur. Mar. 17.

An indictment; a proclamation.

The space of fifteen years. It was used in dating at Rome and in England. It began at the dismission of the Nicene council, A. D. 312. The first year was reckoned the first of the

An indictment returned by a legally constituted and unbiased grand jury, like an information drawn by the prosecutor, if valid on its face, is enough to call for trial of the charg

An indictment for felony reads “against the peace of our lord the king, his crown and dignity,” in general, and not against the king individually, because in England there is no in

The general rule is, that in indictments for misdemeanors created by statute, it is sufficient to charge the offence in the words of the statute. There is not that technical nicety

Mr. Chief Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of the court that the judgment ought to be arrested, for the reasons assigned in the record. (Indictment fatally insufficient where

He who causes another to be indicted. The latter is sometimes called the "indictee."

(Lat.) For a day; for the space of a day. Calv. Lex. Spiegelius. On, or at a day. In diem debitum; a debt due at a certain day. Calv. Lex. Brissonius. IN DISJUNCTIVIS SUFFICIT ALTE

To have no bias or partiality. 7 Conn. 229. A juror, an arbitrator, and a witness ought to be indifferent; and when they are not so they may be challenged. See 9 Conn. 42. INDIGENA

Lat. In the civil law. Building on another's land with one's own materials, or on one's own land with another's materials.

11 Coke, 69. A stone badly placed in buildings is not to be removed.

A native subject or one naturalized by statute.

Needy; poor; destitute of means of comfortable existence. See 109 Wis. 330, 85 N. W. 387.

once the State chooses to establish appellate review in criminal cases, it may not foreclose indigents from access to any phase of that procedure because of their poverty. This pri

the Constitution prohibits the State from imposing a fine as a sentence and then automatically converting it into a jail term solely because the defendant is indigent and cannot fo

Those who have no Income over and above what is sufficient to support those who may be legally dependent on them. In re Hybart, 119 N. C. 359, 25 S. E. 963.

In the law of divorce, a species of cruelty addressed to the mind, sen-sibillties, self-respect or personal honor of the subject, rather than to the body, and defined as "unmerited

I. I. In old English law. Without delay.,

and changes the means whereby he commands that power, he has only retained 'control,' not acquired it within the meaning of § 5(3).

legislation which imposes only an indirect burden on the exercise of religion, i.e., legislation which does not make unlawful the religious practice itself

“indirect cost rate” means the rate arrived at through negotiation between an Indian tribe or tribal organization and the appropriate Federal agency; / "indirect cost rate&quo

“indirect costs” means costs incurred for a common or joint purpose benefiting more than one contract objective, or which are not readily assignable to the contract objectives spec

Evidence which does not prove the fact in question, but one from which it may be presumed. See "Evidence." •

The term “indirectly” means a transfer of merchandise or an article from one person to another person with one or more intermediate transfers.

The term “indirect material” means a good— (i) used in the production, testing, or inspection of a good but not physically incorporated into the good, or (ii) used in the maintenan

the value of the two-sided platform to one group of participants depends on how many members of a different group participate.

The term “indirect reduction” means subsequent planned reductions or relocations in base operations support services and personnel able to occur due to the direct reductions.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “indirect skip” means any transfer of property (other than a direct skip) subject to the tax imposed by chapter 12 made to a GST trust.

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “indirect source” means a facility, building, structure, installation, real property, road, or highway which attracts, or may attract, mobi

For purposes of this paragraph the term “indirect source review program” means the facility-by-facility review of indirect sources of air pollution, including such measures as are

a tax on expence is an indirect tax; and I think, an annual tax on a carriage for the conveyance of persons, is of that kind; because a carriage is a consumeable commodity; and suc

All taxes on expenses or consumption are indirect taxes. A tax on carriages is of this kind, and of course is not a direct tax. Indirect taxes are circuitous modes of reaching the

In disjunctives it is sufficient that either part be true. Where a condition is in the disjunctive, it is sufficient if either part be performed. Wing. Max. 13, max. 9; Broom, Max.

In disjunctive matters it is sufficient if either part be true, i. e., performed.

a duty "[t]hat cannot be dispensed with, remitted, set aside, disregarded, or neglected." 5 OED 219; accord, Brief for United States 19; see also Webster's Second 1267 ("[n]ot capa

Evidence without which a certain fact cannot be proved.

persons who not only have an interest in the controversy, but an interest of such a nature, that a final decree cannot be made without either affecting that interest, or leaving th

The relation of an indispensable party to the suit must be such that no decree can be entered in the case which will do justice between the parties actually before the court withou

The subject of litigation;

Instanter. INDITEE (Law Fr.) In old English law. An indictee. 9 Coke, pref. INDIVIDUUM (Lat.) In civil law. That cannot be divided. Calv. Lex.

Same as Indictee.

L. Fr. In old English law. A person indicted. Mirr. c. 1, § 3; 9 Coke, pref.

an employee or applicant for employment.

the question of the applicability of subsection (i) turns upon whether the union's appeal is to cease performing employment services, or is an appeal for the exercise of managerial

For purposes of this subsection, the term “individual account plan” has the meaning provided in section 1002(34) of title 29 , except that such term shall not include a one-partici

In the law of partnership, property belonging to a member of a partnership as his separate and private fortune, apart from the assets or property belonging to the firm as such or t

For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “individual at risk for diabetes” means an individual who has any of the following risk factors for diabetes: (A) Hypertension. (B) Dyslipid

the certificate is not a part of the contract of, or necessary to, the insurance. It is not included among the documents declared 'to constitute the entire contract of insurance.'

In this section, the terms “individual community care plan” and “ICCP” mean, with respect to a functionally disabled elderly individual, a written plan which— (A) is established, a

The term "individual coverage" means agriculture risk coverage selected under section 9015(b)(2) of this title to be obtained at the farm level.

Such as are due from a member of a partnership in his private or personal capacity, as distinguished from those due from the firm or partnership. Goddard v. Hapgood, 25 Vt. 360, 60

The term “individual development account” means a savings account described in subsection (b)(4)(A).

The term “individual download license” means a compulsory license obtained by a record company to make and distribute, or authorize the making and distribution of, permanent downlo

Where the Secretary has approved a plan of family unit ownership, the terms “single-family dwelling”, “single-family dwellings”, “individual dwelling”, and “individual dwellings” s

Where the Secretary has approved a plan of family unit ownership, the terms “single-family dwelling”, “single-family dwellings”, “individual dwelling”, and “individual dwellings” s

As used in this paragraph, the term “individual employer record” means a record of an individual employer's benefit ratio, reserve ratio, 1-year compensation base, 3-year compensat

The term “individual fishing quota” means a Federal permit under a limited access system to harvest a quantity of fish, expressed by a unit or units representing a percentage of th

The term “individual health insurance coverage” means health insurance coverage offered to individuals in the individual market, but does not include short-term limited duration in

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “individual income tax return” means any return of the tax imposed by subtitle A on individuals, estates, or trusts.

“Individual Indian” means any individual Indian whose name appears on the final roll prepared pursuant to section 743 of this title.

The term “individualized education program” or “IEP” means a written statement for each child with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in accordance with section

The term “individualized education program team” or “IEP Team” means a group of individuals composed of— (i) the parents of a child with a disability; (ii) not less than 1 regular

The term “individualized family service plan” has the meaning given the term in section 1436 of this title .