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See CRIME. … [Read more...] about INFAMOUS CRIME

Schools (established by voluntary contribution) in which Industrial training is provided, and in which children are lodged, clothed, and fed, as well as taught … [Read more...] about INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS

A qualification of a man's legal status produced by his conviction of an infamous crime and the consequent loss of honor and credit, which, at common law, rendered him incompetent as a witness, and by statute in some jurisdictions entails other disabilities. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition crim. law, evidence. That state which is produced by the conviction of … [Read more...] about INFAMY

Cruel treatment, ridicule, scorn, the victim of abuse. In the law of divorce, a species of cruelty addressed to the mind, sensibilities, self-respect, or personal honor of the subject, rather than to the body, and defined as "unmerited contemptuous conduct towards another; any action towards' another which manifests contempt for him; contumely, incivility, or injury accompanied … [Read more...] about INDIGNITY

To write a name on the back of a paper, a check, document, bills of exchange and promissory notes are Indorsed by a party's writing his name on the back. "Indorse" is a technical term, having sufficient legal certainty without words of more parr ticular description. … [Read more...] about INDORSE