The intrinsic value of a thing is its true, Inherent, and essential value, not depending upon accident, place, or person, but the same everywhere and to every one. Bank of North Carolina v. Ford, 27 N. C. 698. … [Read more...]

Vain; inadequate to its purpose; not of binding force or legal efficacy; lacking in authority or obligation. … [Read more...]

That part of a writing in which are detailed those facts which elucidate the subject. In chancery pleading, the introduction is that part of a bill which contains the names and description of the persons exhibiting the bill. In this part of the bill are also given the places of abode, title, or office, or business, and the character in which they sue, if it is in autre droit, … [Read more...]

An encroachment upon the rights of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder. Webster. See jEtna Ins. Co. v. Boon, 95 U. S. 129, 24 L. Ed. 395. … [Read more...]

In Scotch law. The assumption of authority over another's property, either legally or illegally. The irregular intermeddling with the effects of a deceased person, which subjects the party to the whole debts of the deceased, is called "vitious intromission." Karnes, Eq. fo. 3, c. 8, … [Read more...]