Law Dictionary

Demesne or inland, opposed to delantal or land tenanted. Cowell.

See "Inlaghe."

sax. In old English law. Under or decennary.

To place under the protection of the law. Swearing obedience to the king in a leet, which doth inlaw the subject." Bac. Works, IV. 328. INLIGARE (Law Lat.) In old European law. To

Implied by law; depending on legal fiction or intendment. IN LECTO MORTAL! (Lat.) On the death bed. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 28, § 12. IN LIMINE (Lat.) In or at the beginning. This phrase

Trapped.

In bed.

On the death-bed.

I. I. In old English law. To by satisfying its demands.

In frankal-moigne. See Frankalmoigne .

In free socage.

the statute has been interpreted to vest in the trial court broad discretion to determine whether it is more just to allow a recovery based on calculation of actual damages and pro

In old European law. To confederate; to join in a league, (in ligam coire.) Spelman.

On the threshold; at the outset.

In the direct line.

An initial 'in-line' price 'establishes a firm price at which a producer may operate, pending determination of a just and reasonable rate, without any contingent obligation to make

In or during the litigation.

2. In feudal law. Infidelity; faithlessness to one's feudal oath.

In the place.

Persons who stood in loco parentis to the insured for at least one year prior to his entry into active military service were included within the Act's definition of 'parent.' And t

A species of limited partnership. It is formed by a_ contract, by which one person or partnership agrees to furnish another person or partnership a certain amount, either in proper

In greater caution.

The lesser sum is contained in the greater.

In an evil sense.

In crimes, the intent and .not the result is regarded.

In evil deeds regard must be had to the intention, and not to the result. Dig. 48, 8, 14; Broom, Max. 324.

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.