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Lat. Thence; thenceforth; thereof; thereupon; for that cause. Inde datse leges ne fortior omnia posset. Laws are made to prevent the stronger from having the power to do everything. Dav. Ir. K. B. 36. … [Read more...] about INDE

An unlawful gaining upon the right or possession of another. See ENCROACHMENT. … [Read more...] about INCROACHMENT

Lat. Indebted. Nunquam indebitatus, never indebted. The title of the plea substituted in England for nul debe. Indebitatus assumpsit. Latin: Being indebted, he promised or undertook. This is the name of that form of the action of assumpsit in which the declaration alleges a debt or obligation to be due from the defendant, and then avers that, in consideration thereof, he … [Read more...] about INDEBITATUS

To impute blame or guilt; to accuse; to involve in guilt or crime. … [Read more...] about INCULPATE

remedies, pleadings. That species of action of assumpsit, in which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration, first a debt, and then a promise in consideration of the debt, that the defendant, being indebted, he promised the plaintiff to pay him. The promise so laid is, generally, an implied one only. … [Read more...] about INDEBITATUS ASSUMPSIT