computation of time. An indiction contained a space of fifteen years. 2. It was used in dating at Rome and in England. It began at the dismission of the Nicene council, A. D. 312. The first year was reckoned the first of the first indiction, the second, the third, till fifteen years afterwards. The sixteenth year was the first year of the second indiction, the thirty-first year … [Read more...]

The person who, in a contract of indemnity, is to be indemnified or protected by the other. … [Read more...]

A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States. 2. Such a tribe, situated within the boundaries of a state, and exercising the powers of government and, sovereignty, under the national government, is deemed politically a state; that is, a distinct political society, capable of self-government; but it is not deemed a … [Read more...]

A person or party in a contract who indeminifies another person or party. See indemity The person who is bound, by an Indemnity contract to indemnify or protect the other. … [Read more...]

The name of one of the new states of the United States. This state was admitted into the Union by virtue of the Resolution for admitting the state of Indiana into the Union, approved December 11, 1816. … [Read more...]