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INEWARDUS

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A guard; a watchman. Domesday. … [Read more...]

INDULGENCE

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In the Roman Catholic Church. A remission of the punishment due to sins, granted by the pope or church, and supposed to save the sinner from purgatory. Its abuse led to the Reformation in Germany. Wharton. Forbearance, (q. v.) … [Read more...]

INFALISTATUS

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In old English law. Exposed upon the sands, or sea-shore. A species of punishment mentioned in Hengham. Cowell. … [Read more...]

INDULTO

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In ecclesiastical law. A dispensation granted by the pope to do or obtain something contrary to the common law. In Spanish law. The condonation or remission of the punishment imposed on a criminal for his offense. This power is exclusively vested in the king. … [Read more...]

INFAMIA

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Latin: Infamy; ignominy or disgrace. By infamia juris is meant infamy established by Uw as the consequence of crime; infamia facti is where the party is supposed to be guilty of such crime, but it has not been judicially proved. Comm. v. Green, 17 Mass. 515, 541. … [Read more...]

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