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  • IMPRESCRIPTIBILITY
    The state or quality of being incapable of prescription; not of such a character that a right to it can be gained by prescription.
  • IMPRESCRIPTIBLE RIGHTS
    Such rights as a person may use or not at pleasure, since they cannot be lost to him by the claims of another founded on prescription.
  • IMPRESSION
    A "case of the first impression" is one without a precedent; one presenting a wholly new state of facts; one involving a question never before determined.
  • IMPRESSMENT
    A power possessed by the English crown of taking persons or property to aid in the defense of the country, with or without the consent of the persons concerned. It is usually exercised to obtain hands for the royal ships in time of war, by taking seamen engaged in merchant More...
  • IMPREST MONEY
    Money paid on enlisting or Impressing soldiers or sailors.
  • IMPRETIABILIS
    Lat. Beyond price; invaluable.
  • IMPRIMATUR
    Lat. Let it be printed. A license or allowance, granted by the constituted authorities, giving permission to print and publish a book. This allowance was formerly necessary, in England, before any book could lawfully be printed, and in some other countries is still required.
  • IMPRIMERE
    To press upon; to impress or press; to imprint or print.
  • IMPRIMERY
    In some of the ancient English statutes this word is used to signify a printing-office, the art of printing, a print or impression.
  • IMPRIMIS
    Lat. In the first place; first of all.
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