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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...] about INDULTO

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...] about INFAMIA

Endowment, (q. v.) … [Read more...] about INDUMENT

Latin: In Roman law. A person whose right of reputation was diminished (involving the loss of some of the rights of citizenship) either on account of his infamous avocation or because of conviction for crime. … [Read more...] about INFAMIS

Societies formed in England for carrying on any labor, trade, or handicraft, whether wholesale or retail, including the buying and selling of land and also (but subject to certain restrictions) the business of banking. … [Read more...] about INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES