Legal Term Dictionary

Lat. In the civil and Scotch law. A payment of what is not due. When made through Ignorance or by mistake, the amount paid might be recovered back by an action termed "conditio indebiti." (Dig. 12, 6.) Bell.

Lat. In the civil and Scotch law. A payment of what is not due. When made through Ignorance or by mistake, the amount paid might be recovered back by an action termed "conditio indebiti." (Dig. 12, 6.) Bell. Less...

In the civil law. Not due or owing. (Dig. 12, 6.) Calvin.

In the civil law. Not due or owing. (Dig. 12, 6.) Calvin. Less...

The state of being in debt, without regard to the ability or inability of the party to pay the same. See 1 Story, Eq. Jur. 343 ; 2 Hill, Abr. 421. The word implies an absolute or complete liability. A contingent liability, such as that of a surety before the More...

The state of being in debt, without regard to the ability or inability of the party to pay the same. See 1 Story, Eq. Jur. 343 ; 2 Hill, Abr. 421. The word implies an absolute or complete liability. A contingent liability, such as that of a surety before the principal has made default, does not constitute indebtedness. On the other hand, the money need not be immediately payable. Obligations yet to become due constitute indebtedness, as well as those already due. St. Louis Perpetual Ins. Co. v. Goodfellow, 9 Mo. 149. Less...

An act against good behavior and a just delicacy. Timmons v. U. S., 85 Fed. 205, 80 C. C. A, 74; McJunkins v. State, 10 Ind. 144 ; Ardery v. State, 56 Ind. 328. This is scarcely a technical term of the law, and is not susceptible of exact definition More...

An act against good behavior and a just delicacy. Timmons v. U. S., 85 Fed. 205, 80 C. C. A, 74; McJunkins v. State, 10 Ind. 144 ; Ardery v. State, 56 Ind. 328. This is scarcely a technical term of the law, and is not susceptible of exact definition or description in its juridical uses. The question whether or not a given act publication, etc., is indecent is for tbe court and jury in the particular case. -Indecent exposure. Exposure to sight of the private parts of the body in a lewd or indecent manner in a public place. It is an indictable offense at common law, and by statute in many of tbe states. State v. Baugness. 106 Iowa, 107, 76 N. W. 508.-Indecent liberties. In the statutory offense of "taking indecent liberties with the person of a female child," this phrase means such liberties as the common sense of society would regard as indecent and improper. According to some authorities, it involves an assault or attempt at sexual intercourse, (State v. Kuns, 90 Minn. 526, 97 N. W. 131.) but according to others, it is not necessary that the liberties or familiarities should have related to the private parts of the child. (People v. Hicks, 98 Mich. 88, 56 N. W. 1102.)-Indecent publications. Such as are offensive to modesty and delicacy; obscene; lewd; tending to the corruntion of morals. Dunlop v. U. S.. 165 U. S. 486. 17 Sup. Ct. 375, 41 L. Ed. 799; U. S. v. Britton (Com. C.) 17 Fed. 733; People v. Muller, 96 N. Y. 408, 48 Am. Rep. 635. -Public indecency. This phrase has no fixed legal meaning, is vague and indefinite, and cannot in itself, imply a definite offense. The courts, by a kind of judicial legislation, in England and the United States, have usually limited the operation of tbe term to public displays of the naked person, the publication, sale, or exhibition of obscene books and prints, or the exhibition of a monster,-acts which have a direct bearing on public morals, and affect the body of society. The Indiana statute punishing public indecency, without defining it, can be construed only as that term is used at common law, where it is limited to indecencies in conduct and does not extend to indecent words. McJunkins v. State, 10 Ind. 140. Less...

In old English law. That which is not titheable, or liable to pay tithe. 2 Inst 490.

In old English law. That which is not titheable, or liable to pay tithe. 2 Inst 490. Less...

That which cannot be defeated, revoked, or made void. This term is usually applied to an estate or right which .cannot be defeated.

That which cannot be defeated, revoked, or made void. This term is usually applied to an estate or right which .cannot be defeated. Less...

Lat. In old English practice. Undefended; undented by pleading. A defendant who makes no defense or plea. Blount

Lat. In old English practice. Undefended; undented by pleading. A defendant who makes no defense or plea. Blount Less...

A failure of issue not merely at the death of the party whose issue are referred, to, but at any subsequent period, however remote. 1 Steph. Comm. 562. A failure of issue whenever it shall happen, sooner or later, without any fixed, certain, or definite period within which it must More...

A failure of issue not merely at the death of the party whose issue are referred, to, but at any subsequent period, however remote. 1 Steph. Comm. 562. A failure of issue whenever it shall happen, sooner or later, without any fixed, certain, or definite period within which it must happen. 4 Kent, Comm. 274. Anderson v. Jackson, 16 Johns. (N. Y.) 399, 8 Am. Dec. 330; Downing v. Wherrln, 19 N. H. 84, 49 Am. Dec. 139; Huxford v. Milligan, 50 Ind. 546. Less...

In Scotch law. Payment without specification. Indefinite payment is where a debtor, owing several debts to one creditor, makes a payment to the creditor, without specifying to which of the debts he means the payment to be applied. See Bell. Indennitnm sequipollet universali. The undefined is equivalent to the whole More...

In Scotch law. Payment without specification. Indefinite payment is where a debtor, owing several debts to one creditor, makes a payment to the creditor, without specifying to which of the debts he means the payment to be applied. See Bell. Indennitnm sequipollet universali. The undefined is equivalent to the whole 1 Vent 368. Indennitnm supplet locum universalis. The undefined or general supplies the place of the whole. Branch, Princ. Less...

Lat Indemnified. See INDEMNIFY.

Lat Indemnified. See INDEMNIFY. Less...