(Between the jaws of the land.) A term used to describe a roadstead or arm of the sea enclosed between promontories or projecting headlands. … [Read more...] about INTER FAUCES TERRAE
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INTENTIO INSERVIRE DEBET LEGIBUS NON LEGES INTENTIONI
Latin, meaning Intention ought to be subservient to the laws, not the laws to the intention. … [Read more...] about INTENTIO INSERVIRE DEBET LEGIBUS NON LEGES INTENTIONI
INTER PARES
Between peers; between those who stand on a level or equality, as respects diligence, opportunity, responsibility, etc. … [Read more...] about INTER PARES
INTENTION
A design, resolve, or determination of the mind. 2. Intention is required in the commission of crimes and injuries, in making contracts, and wills. 3. 1. Every crime must have necessarily two constituent parts, namely, an act forbidden by law, and an intention. The act is innocent or guilty just as there was or was not an intention to commit a crime; for example, a man embarks … [Read more...] about INTENTION
INTER PARTES
Between parties. Instruments in which two persons unite, each making conveyance to, or engagement with, the other, are called "papers inter partes." Smith v. Emery, 12 N. J. Law, 60. … [Read more...] about INTER PARTES