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  • IN VADIO
    In gage or pledge. 2 Bl. Comm. 157.
  • IN VENTRE SA MERE
    L. Fr. In his mother's womb; spoken of an unborn child. In veram quantitatem fidejussor tone-atur, nisi pro eerta quantitate accessit. Let the surety be holden for the true quantity, unless he agree for a certain quantity, Bean v. Parker, 17 Mass. 597. In verbis, non verba, sed res at More...
  • IN VINCULIS
    In chains; in actual custody. Gilb. Forum Rom. 97. Applied also, figuratively, to the condition of a person who is compelled to submit to terms which oppression and his necessities impose on him. 1 Story, Eq. Jur. ? 302.
  • IN VIRIDI OBSERVANTIA
    Present to the minds of men, and in full force and operation.
  • IN WITNESS WHEREOF
    The initial words of the concluding clause in deeds; "In witness whereof the said parties have hereunto set their hands/' etc. A translation of the Latin phrase "in cujus rei testimonium"
  • INADEQUATE
    Insufficient; disproportionate; lacking in effectiveness or in conformity to a prescribed standard or measure. . -Inadequate damages. See DAMAGES.-Inadequate price. A term applied to indicate the want or a sufficient consideration for a thing sold, or such a price as would ordinarily be entirely incommensurate with its intrinsic value. State More...
  • INADMISSIBLE
    That which, under tbe established rules of law, cannot be admitted or received; e. g., parol evidence to contradict a. written contract.
  • INADVERTENCE
    Heedlessness; lack of attention; failure of a person to pay careful and prudent attention to the progress of a negotiation or a proceeding in court by which his rights may be affected. Used chiefly in statutory enumerations of the grounds on which a Judgment or decree ma? be vacated or More...
  • IN AEDIFICATIO
    Lat. In the civil law. Building on another's land with one's own materials, or on one's own land with another's materials.
  • INALIENABLE
    Not subject to alienation; the characteristic of those things which cannot be bought or sold or transferred from one person to another, such as rivers and public highways, and certain personal rights; c. p., liberty.
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