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In old English law. A stroke or blow from a club or stone; a bruise, contusion, or swelling produced by a blow from a club or stone, as distinguished from "plaga," (a wound.) Fleta, lib. 1, c. 41, … [Read more...] about ICTUS

Lat. Therefore it is considered. These were the words used at the beginning ef the entry of judgment in an action, when the forms were in Latin. They are also used as a name for that portion of the record. … [Read more...] about IDEO CONSIDERATUM EST

An abbreviation for "jurisconsultus." one learned in the law; a jurisconsult. … [Read more...] about I-CTUS

A division of time among the Romans. In March, May, July, and October, the Ides were on the 15th of the month; in the remaining months, on the 13th. This method of reckoning is still retained in the chancery of Rome, and in the calendar of the breviary. Wharton. … [Read more...] about IDES

med. jurisp. A maim, a bruise, or swelling; any hurt without cutting the skin. When the skin is cut, the injury is called a wound. Bract. lib. 2, tr. 2, c. 5 and 24. 2. Ictus is often used by medical authors in the sense of percussus. It is applied to the pulsation of the arteries, to any external lesion of the body produced by violence also to the wound inflicted by a scorpion … [Read more...] about ICTUS ORBIS