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INCEPTION
Commencement; opening; initiation. The beginning of. the operation of a contract or will, or of a note, mortgage, lien, etc.; the beginning of a cause or suit In court Oriental Hotel Co. v. Griffiths, 88 Tex. 574, 33 S. W. 652, 30 Lb R. A. 765, 53 Am. St Rep. More...

Commencement; opening; initiation. The beginning of. the operation of a contract or will, or of a note, mortgage, lien, etc.; the beginning of a cause or suit In court Oriental Hotel Co. v. Griffiths, 88 Tex. 574, 33 S. W. 652, 30 Lb R. A. 765, 53 Am. St Rep. 790; Sullivan v. Coal Co., 94 Tex. 541, 63 S. W. 307; Marvin v. McCul-lum, 20 Johns. (N. Y.) 288; State v. Bollero, 112 La. 850, 36 South. 754. Incerta pro nnllis babentur. Uncertain things are held for nothing. Dav. Ir. K. B. 33. Incerta quantitas vitiat actum. 1 Rolle R. 465. An uncertain quantity vitiates the act Less...
INCEST
The crime of sexual Intercourse or cohabitation between a man and woman who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law. People v. Stratton, 141 Cal. 604, 75 l"ac. 166; State v. Herges, 55 Minn. 464, 57 N. W. 205; Dinkey v. Com., 17 More...

The crime of sexual Intercourse or cohabitation between a man and woman who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law. People v. Stratton, 141 Cal. 604, 75 l"ac. 166; State v. Herges, 55 Minn. 464, 57 N. W. 205; Dinkey v. Com., 17 Pa. 129, 5o Am. Dec. 542; Taylor v. State, 110 Ga. 150, 35 S. E. 161. -Incestuous adultery. The elements of this offense are that defendant, being married to one person, has had sexual intercourse with another related to the defendant within the prohibited degrees. Cook v. State, 11 Ga. 53, 56 Am. Dec: 410.-Incestuous bastardy. Incestuous bas-lards are those who are produced by the illegal connection of two persons who are relations within the degrees prohibited by law. Civ. Code Le. art. 183. Less...
INCH
A measure of length, containing one-twelfth part of a foot; originally supposed equal to three barleycorns. -Inch of candle. A mode of sale at one time in use among merchants. A notice is first given upon, the exchange, or other public place, as to tae time of sale. The goods More...

A measure of length, containing one-twelfth part of a foot; originally supposed equal to three barleycorns. -Inch of candle. A mode of sale at one time in use among merchants. A notice is first given upon, the exchange, or other public place, as to tae time of sale. The goods to be sold are divided into lots, printed papers of which, and the conditions of sale, are published. When the sale' takes place, a small piece of candle, about an inch long, is kept burning, and the last bidder, when the candle goes out, is entitled to the lot or parcel for, which he bids. Wharton.-Ineb of water. The unit for the measurement of a volume of water or of hydraulic power, being the quantity of water which, under a given constant head or pressure, will escape through an orifice one inch square {or a circular orifice having a diameter of one inch) in a vertical plane. Jackson Milling Co. v. Chandos, 82 Wis. 437, 52 N. W. 759.-Miner's inch. , The quantity of water which .will escape from a ditch or reservoir through an orifice in its side one inch square, the center of the orifice being six inches below the constant level of the water, equivalent to about 1.6 cubic feet of water per minute. Defined by statute in .Colorado as "an inch-square orifice under a five-inch pressure, a five-inch pressure being from the top of the orifice of the box put into the banks of the ditch to the surface of water." Mills' Ann. St Colo. s 4643. See Longmire v.' Smith, 26 Wash. 439, 67 Pac. 246, 58 L R. A. 508. Less...
INCHARTARE
To give, or grant and assure anything by a written instrument.

To give, or grant and assure anything by a written instrument. Less...
INCHOATE
Imperfect; unfinished; begun, but not completed; as a contract not executed by all the parties. -Inchoate instrument. Instruments which the law requires to be registered or recorded are said to be "inchoate" prior to registration, in .that they are then good only between the parties and privies and as to More...

Imperfect; unfinished; begun, but not completed; as a contract not executed by all the parties. -Inchoate instrument. Instruments which the law requires to be registered or recorded are said to be "inchoate" prior to registration, in .that they are then good only between the parties and privies and as to persons having notice. Wilkins v. McCorkle, 112 Tenn. 688, 80 S. W. S84ft**-Inenoate interest. An interest in real restate which is not a present interest, but which mav ripen into a vested estate, if not barred, extinguished,' or divested. Riipe v. Had ley, 113 Ind. 416, 16 N. E. 391; Bever v. North, 107 Ind. 547, 8 N. E. 576; Warford v. Noble (C. C.) 2 Fed. 204.-Inchoate dower. A wife's S * iterest in the lands of her husband during his fe, which may become a right of dower upon his death. Guerin v. Moore, 25 Minn. 465; Dingman. v. Dingman, 39 Ohio St. 178; Smith v. Shaw, 150 Mass. 297, 22 N. E. 924. Less...
INCIDENT
This word, used as a noun, denotes anything which inseparably belongs to, or is connected with, or inherent in, another thing, called tbe "principal." In this sense, a court-baron is Incident to a manor. Also, less strictly, It denotes anything which is usually connected with another, or connected for some More...

This word, used as a noun, denotes anything which inseparably belongs to, or is connected with, or inherent in, another thing, called tbe "principal." In this sense, a court-baron is Incident to a manor. Also, less strictly, It denotes anything which is usually connected with another, or connected for some purposes, though not inseparably. Thus, the right of alienation is incident to an estate in fee-simple, though separable in equity. See Cromwell v. Phipps (Sur.) 1 N. Y. Supp. 278; Mount Carmel Fruit Co. v. Webster, 140 Cal. 183, 73 Pac 826 Less...
INCIDERE
Lat. In the civil and old English law. To fall into. Calvin. To fall out; to happen; to come to pass. Calvin. To fall upon or under; to become subject or liable to. Incidere in legem, to incur the penalty of a law. Brissonius.

Lat. In the civil and old English law. To fall into. Calvin. To fall out; to happen; to come to pass. Calvin. To fall upon or under; to become subject or liable to. Incidere in legem, to incur the penalty of a law. Brissonius. Less...
INCILE
Lat. In the civil law. A trench. A place sunk by the side of a stream, so called because it is.cut (incidatur) into or through the stone or earth. Dig. 43, 21, 1, 5. The term seems to have included ditches (fossa) and wells, (putei.)

Lat. In the civil law. A trench. A place sunk by the side of a stream, so called because it is.cut (incidatur) into or through the stone or earth. Dig. 43, 21, 1, 5. The term seems to have included ditches (fossa) and wells, (putei.) Less...
INCINERATION
Burning to ashes; destruction of a substance by fire, as, the corpse of a' murdered person.

Burning to ashes; destruction of a substance by fire, as, the corpse of a' murdered person. Less...
INCIPITUR
Lat. It is begun; it begins. In old practice, when the pleadings in an action at law, instead of being recited at large on the issue-roll, were set out merely by their commencements, this was described as entering the incipitur; i. e., the beginning.

Lat. It is begun; it begins. In old practice, when the pleadings in an action at law, instead of being recited at large on the issue-roll, were set out merely by their commencements, this was described as entering the incipitur; i. e., the beginning. Less...

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