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ISSUES

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In English law. The goods and profits of the lands of a defendant against whom a writ of distringas or distress infinite has been issued, taken by virtue of such writ, are called ''issues." 3 Bl. Comm. 280; 1 Chit. Crim. Law, 351. … [Read more...]

IRS REGULATIONS

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A set of published official IRS interpretations of the Internal Revenue Code. … [Read more...]

ISTHMUS

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A tongue or strip of land between two seas. Glos. on Law, 37, book 2, tit. 3, of the Dig. … [Read more...]

IS QUI COGNOSCIT

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Lat. The cognizor in a fine. is cui cognoscitur, the cognizee. … [Read more...]

ITA EST

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Lat. So It is; so it stands. In modern civil law, this phrase is a form of attestation added to exemplifications from a notary's register when the same are made by the successor in office of the notary who made the original entries. … [Read more...]

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