Frequently known as an IPO, the first sale of stock and securities to the public by a company in order to raise large amounts of capital. … [Read more...] about INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
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INHERENT RIGHT
An obvious guaranteed right just by the fact that one is a human being and not a right granted pursuant to another outside means or source. … [Read more...] about INHERENT RIGHT
INITIALIA TESTIMONII
In Scotch law. Preliminaries of testimony. The preliminary examination of a witness, before examining him in chief, answering to the voir dire of the English law, though taking a somewhat wider range. Wharton. … [Read more...] about INITIALIA TESTIMONII
INGENUI
civ. law. Those freemen who were born free. Vicat, vocab. 2. They were a class of freemen, distinguished from those who, born slaves, had afterwards legally obtained their freedom the latter were called at various periods, sometimes liberti, sometimes libertini. An unjust or illegal servitude did not prevent a man from being ingenuus. … [Read more...] about INGENUI
INHERETRIX
The old term for "heiress." Co. Litt 13a. … [Read more...] about INHERETRIX