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An old form of "embargo," (q. v.) St 18 Car. II. c. 5. … [Read more...] about IMBARGO

An irrelevant issue which will not affect the outcome of a trial. … [Read more...] about IMMATERIAL ISSUE

Lat. In the civil law. To put or let into, as a beam into a wall, fealvin; Dig. 50, 17, 242. In old English law. To put cattle on a common. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 20, 7. Immobilia situm sequuntur. Immovable things follow their site or position; are governed by the law of the place where they are fixed. 2 Kent, Comm. 67. … [Read more...] about IMMITTERE

The act of mixing the specie with an alloy below the standard of sterling. 1 Hale, P. C 102. … [Read more...] about IMBASING OF MONEY

1. Present; at once; without delay; not deferred by any Interval of time. In this sense, the word, without any very precise signification, denotes that action is or must be taken either instantly or without any considerable loss of time. Immediately does not, in legal proceedings, necessarily import the exclusion of any interval of time. It is a word of no very definite … [Read more...] about IMMEDIATE