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mar. law. In order to avoid the risk of making fruitless voyages, merchants have been in the habit of receiving small adventures on freight at so much per cent, to which they are entitled at all events, even if the adventure be lost. This is what the Italians call implicata. … [Read more...] about IMIPLICATA

A person from a foreign country into another for the purposes of becoming a permanent resident. … [Read more...] about IMMIGRANT

To greatly resemble. To copy. May refer to an illegal copy or a counterfeit item. The making of one thing in the similitude or likeness of another; as, counterfeit coin is said to be made "in imitation" of the genuine. An imitation of a trademark is that which so far resembles the genuine trademark as to be likely to induce the belief that it is genuine, whether by the use of … [Read more...] about IMITATION

Also known as a green card visa which enables the person with this visa to enter into the United States, establish a permanent residence and receive a green card. … [Read more...] about IMMIGRANT VISA

That which is contrary to law; it is usually applied to bastards, or children born out of lawful wedlock. The Louisiana Code divided illegitimate children into two classes: (1) Those born from two persons who, at the moment when such children were conceived, could have lawfully intermarried; and (2) those who are born from persons to whose marriage there existed at the time … [Read more...] about ILLEGITIMATE