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INDEFINITE PAYMENT

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In Scotch law. Payment without specification. Indefinite payment is where a debtor, owing several debts to one creditor, makes a payment to the creditor, without specifying to which of the debts he means the payment to be applied. See Bell. Indennitum sequipollet universali. The undefined is equivalent to the whole 1 Vent 368. Indennitum supplet locum universalis. The undefined … [Read more...]

INDEPENDENT COUNSEL

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An independent or special attorney or prosecutor appointed to investigate a high profile incident. … [Read more...]

INDICTABLE

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That which makes one subject to being criminally indicted, e.g. an indictable offense. Proper or necessary to be prosecuted by process of Indictment. … [Read more...]

INDEFINITE SENTENCE

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A sentence that has ranges of sentence lengths which may allow for a judge or other court official to have discretion in setting the length of the sentence. … [Read more...]

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEE

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A trustee who lacks bias since the trustee has no relationship with any beneficiary of a trust and is not to receive any proceeds from the trust property. … [Read more...]

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