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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...]

ISH

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In Scotch law. The period of the termination of a tack or lease. 1 Bligh, 522. … [Read more...]

ITA LEX SCRIPTA EST

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Lat. So the law is written. Dig. 40, 9, 12. The law must be obeyed notwithstanding the apparent rigor of its application. 3 Bl. Comm. 430. We must be content with the law as it stands, without inquiring into its reasons. 1 Bl. Comm. 32. … [Read more...]

ISLAND

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A piece of land surrounded by water. 2. Islands are in the sea or in rivers. Those in the sea are either in the open sea, or within the boundary of some country. 3. When new islands arise in the open sea, they belong to the first occupant: but when they are newly formed so near the shore as to be within the boundary of some state, they belong to that state. 4. Islands which … [Read more...]

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