Burning to ashes; destruction of a substance by fire, as, the corpse of a' murdered person. … [Read more...]

An option to purchase stock that provides favorable tax treatment where profits are charged as long term gain as opposed to ordinary gain. ISOs are required to be held for specific period of time. … [Read more...]

Lat. It is begun; it begins. In old practice, when the pleadings in an action at law, instead of being recited at large on the issue-roll, were set out merely by their commencements, this was described as entering the incipitur; i.e., the beginning. … [Read more...]

Commencement; opening; initiation. The beginning of the operation of a contract or will, or of a note, mortgage, lien, etc.; the beginning of a cause or suit in court. Incerta pro nullis babentur. Uncertain things are held for nothing. Dav. Ir. K. B. 33. Incerta quantitas vitiat actum. 1 Rolle R. 465. An uncertain quantity vitiates the act. … [Read more...]

In medical jurisprudence. A cut or incision on a human body; a wound made by a cutting instrument such as a razor. Burrill, Circ Ev. 693; Whart & S. Med. Jur. … [Read more...]