Not dependent; not subject to control, restriction, modification, or limitation from a given outside source. Independent contract. See Contract. Independent contractor. In the law of agency and of master and servant, an independent contractor is one who, exercising an independent employment, contracts to do a piece of work according to his own methods and without being subject … [Read more...] about INDEPENDENT
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INDICIA
(A) Latin term for signs or an indication that there is the probability of something, e.g. indicia of title, the suggestion that there is title held. (B) civil law. Signs, marks. Example: in replevin, the chattel must possess indicia, or earmarks, by which it can be distinguished from all others of the same description. This term is very nearly synonymous with the common law … [Read more...] about INDICIA
INDEFINITE LEGACY
A bequest of things which are not enumerated or ascertained as to numbers or quantities; as, a bequest by a testator of all his goods, all his stocks in the funds. … [Read more...] about INDEFINITE LEGACY
INDEPENDENT CONTRACT
One in which the mutual acts or promises have no relation to each other, either as equivalents or considerations. Civil Code of Lo. art. 1762; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 699. … [Read more...] about INDEPENDENT CONTRACT
INDICIUM
In the civil law. A sign or mark. A species of proof, answering very nearly to the circumstantial evidence of the common law. Best, Pres. p. 13, … [Read more...] about INDICIUM