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INUNDATION

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The overflow of waters by coming out of their bed. 2. Inundations may arise from three causes; from public necessity, as in defence of a place it may be necessary to dam the current of a stream, which will cause an inundation to the upper lands; they may be occasioned by an invincible force, as by the accidental fall of a rock in the stream; or they may result from the … [Read more...]

INURE

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To take effect; as, the pardon inures. To benefit someone, for example to inure to John Doe. … [Read more...]

INUREMENT

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Use; user; service to the user or benefit of a person. Dickfirson v. Colgrove, 100 U. S. 583, 25 L. Ed. 618. Inutius labor et sine fructu non est effectus legis. Useless and fruitless labor is not the effect of law. Co. Litt. 127. The law forbids such recoveries whose ends are vain, chargeable, and unprofitable. Id; Wing. Max. p. 110, max. 38. … [Read more...]

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