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Within a country, state, or territory; within the same country. In old English law, inland was used for the demesne (q. v.) of a manor; that part which lay next or most convenient for the lord's mansion-house, as within the view thereof, and which, therefore, he kept in his own hands for support of his family and for hospitality; in distinction from outland or utland, which was … [Read more...] about INLAND

The absence of guilt. 2. The law presumes in favor of innocence, even against another presumption of law: for example, when a woman marries a second husband within the space of twelve months after her husband had left the country, the presumption of innocence preponderates over the presumption of the continuance of life. An exception to this rule respecting the presumption of … [Read more...] about INNOCENCE

Demesne or inland, opposed to delantal, or laud tenanted. Cowell. … [Read more...] about INLANTAL, INLANTALE

Free from guilt; acting in good faith and without knowledge of Incriminatory circumstances, or of defects or objections. Innocent agent, in criminal law. One who, being ignorant of any unlawful intent on the part of his principal, is merely the instrument of the guilty party in committing an offense; one who does an unlawful act at the solicitation or request of another, but … [Read more...] about INNOCENT

In Roman law, in gratitude was accounted a sufficient cause for revoking a gift or recalling the liberty of a freedman. Such is also the law of France, with respect to the flrst case. But the English law has left the matter entirely to the moral sense. … [Read more...] about INGRATITUDE