Lat. In the civil law. A written accusation in which the accuser undertakes to suffer the punishment appropriate to the offense charged, if the accused is able to clear himself of the accusation. Calvin; Cod. 9, 1, 10; Id. 9, 2, 16, 17. … [Read more...] about INSCRIPTIO
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INSINUARE
Lat. In the civil law. To put into; to deposit a writing in court, answering nearly to the modern expression "to file." Si non mandatum actis insinuatum .est, if the power or authority be not deposited among the records of the court. Inst 4, 11, 3. To declare or acknowledge before a judicial officer; to give an act an official form. … [Read more...] about INSINUARE
INSCRIPTION
(A) civil law. An engagement which a person, who makes a solemn accusation of a crime against another, enters into, that he will suffer the same punishment, if he has accused, the other falsely, which would have been inflicted upon him had he been guilty. (B) evidence. Something written or engraved. 2. Inscriptions upon tombstones and other proper places, as rings, and the … [Read more...] about INSCRIPTION
INSINUATIO
Lat. In old English law. Information or suggestion. Em insinuation, on the information. Reg. Jud. 25, 50. … [Read more...] about INSINUATIO
INSCRIPTIONES
The name given by the old English law to any written instrument by which anything was granted. Blount. … [Read more...] about INSCRIPTIONES