A power possessed by the English crown of taking persons or property to aid in the defense of the country, with or without the consent of the persons concerned. It is usually exercised to obtain hands for the royal ships in time of war, by taking seamen engaged in merchant vessels, (1 Bl. Comm. 420; Maud & P. Shipp. 123:) but in former times impressment of merchant ships … [Read more...] about IMPRESSMENT
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IMPROVE
In Scotch law. To disprove; to invalidate or impeach; to prove false or forged. 1 Forb. Inst pt 4, p. 162. To improve a lease means to grant a lease of unusual duration to encourage a tenant, when the soil is exhausted, etc Bell; Stair, Inst p. 676, … [Read more...] about IMPROVE
IMPREST MONEY
Money paid on enlisting or Impressing soldiers or sailors. … [Read more...] about IMPREST MONEY
IMPROVED
Improved land is such as has been reclaimed, is used for the purpose of husbandry, and is cultivated as such, whether the appropriation is for tillage, meadow, or pasture. "Improve" is synonymous with "cultivate" Clark v. Phelps, 4 Cow. (N. Y.) 190. … [Read more...] about IMPROVED
IMPRETIABILIS
Lat. Beyond price; invaluable. … [Read more...] about IMPRETIABILIS