Latin meaning It is implied of right; it is implied by law. … [Read more...]
INDUCLAE LEGALES
Scotch law. The days between the citation of the defendant, and the day of appearance. Bell's Scotch Law Dict. h. t. The days between the test and the return day of the writ. … [Read more...]
INEVITABLE
Incapable of being avoided; fortuitous; transcending the power of human care, foresight, or exertion to avoid or prevent, and therefore suspending legal relations so far as to excuse from the performance of contract obligations, or from liability for consequent loss. Inevitable accident. An inevitable accident is one produced by an irresistible physical cause; an accident which … [Read more...]
INDICTION , CYCLE OF
A mode of computing time by the space of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine the Great; originally the period for the payment of certain taxes. Some of the charters of King Edgar and Henry III. are dated by indictions. Wharton. … [Read more...]
INDIVIDUAL
As a noun, this term denotes a single person as distinguished from a group or class, and also, very commonly, a private or natural person as distinguished from a partnership, corporation, or association ; but it is said that this restrictive signification is not necessarily inherent in the word, and that it may, in proper cases, include artificial persons. See Bank of U. S. v. … [Read more...]