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Lat. In the civil law. A trench. A place sunk by the side of a stream, so called because it is.cut (incidatur) into or through the stone or earth. Dig. 43, 21, 1, 5. The term seems to have included ditches (fossa) and wells, (putei.) … [Read more...] about INCILE

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

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...] about INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION (ISO)

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...] about INCIPITUR

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...] about INCEPTION