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INVERITARE

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To make proof of a thing. Jacob. … [Read more...]

INVITO

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Lat. Being unwilling. Against or without the assent or consent. Ab invito. By or from an unwilling party. A transfer ab invito is a compulsory transfer. Invito debitors. Against the will of the debtor. Invito domino. The owner being unwilling; against the will of the owner; without the owner's consent. In order to constitute larceny, the property must be taken invito domino. … [Read more...]

INVERSE CONDEMNATION

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An act by government that damages the private property of a person or party to such a great extent that the effect is the same as a general condemnation. … [Read more...]

INVEST

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contracts. To lay out money in such a manner that it may bring a revenue; as, to invest money in houses or stocks; to give possession. 2. This word, which occurs frequently in the canon law, comes from the Latin word investire, which signifies to clothe or adorn and is used, in that system of jurisprudence, synonymously with enfeoff. Both words signify to put one into the … [Read more...]

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