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IMPUTATION OF PAYMENT

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In the civil law. The application of a payment made by a debtor to his creditor. … [Read more...] about IMPUTATION OF PAYMENT

IN ALTA PRODITIONE NULLUS POTEST ESSE ACESSORIUS; SED PRINCIPALIS SOLUM MODO

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Latin, meaning In high treason no one can be an accessory but a principal only. … [Read more...] about IN ALTA PRODITIONE NULLUS POTEST ESSE ACESSORIUS; SED PRINCIPALIS SOLUM MODO

IMPUTE

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To attribute some action by a second person upon the first person who is the one who exercised or exercises control. Assigning responsibility to another. To assign or place a responsibility or liability on a person for the acts of another person, usually due to specific special relationships, e.g. an employer being held responsible for the acts of an employee, a child driver … [Read more...] about IMPUTE

IN ANGLIA NON EST INTERREGNUM

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Latin, meaning In England there is no interregnum. … [Read more...] about IN ANGLIA NON EST INTERREGNUM

IMPUTED

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As used in legal phrases, this word means attributed vicariously; that is, an act, fact, or quality is said to be "imputed" to a person when it is ascribed or charged to him, not because he is personally cognizant of it or responsible for it, but because another person is, over whom he has control or for whose acts or knowledge he is responsible. Imputed knowledge. This phrase … [Read more...] about IMPUTED

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