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INFENSARE CURIAM
Lat An expression applied to a court when it suggested to an advocate something which he had omitted through mistake or ignorance. Spel-' man.

Lat An expression applied to a court when it suggested to an advocate something which he had omitted through mistake or ignorance. Spel-' man. Less...
INFEOFFMENT
The act or instru-' ment of feoffment In Scotland it is synonymous with 11saisine" meaning the instrument of possession. Formerly it was synonymous with "investiture." Bell.

The act or instru-' ment of feoffment In Scotland it is synonymous with 11saisine" meaning the instrument of possession. Formerly it was synonymous with "investiture." Bell. Less...
INFERENCE
In the law of evidence. A truth or proposition drawn from another which is supposed or admitted to be true. A process of reasoning by which a fact or proposition sought to be established is deduced as a logical consequence from other ' facts, or a state of facts, already More...

In the law of evidence. A truth or proposition drawn from another which is supposed or admitted to be true. A process of reasoning by which a fact or proposition sought to be established is deduced as a logical consequence from other ' facts, or a state of facts, already proved or admitted. Gates v. Hughes, 44 Wis. 336; WhKehouse v. Bolster, 95 Me. 458, 50 Atl. 240; Joske v. Irvine, 91 Tex. 574, 44 S. W. 1059. An inference is a deduction which the reason of the Jury makes from the facts proved, without an express direction of law to that effect. Code Civil Proc. Cal. ? 1958. Less...
INFERENTIAL
In the law of evidence. Operating in the way of inference; argumentative Presumptive evidence Is sometimes termed "inferential." . Com. vv Harman, 4 Pa. 272. -Inferential facts. See FACT.

In the law of evidence. Operating in the way of inference; argumentative Presumptive evidence Is sometimes termed "inferential." . Com. vv Harman, 4 Pa. 272. -Inferential facts. See FACT. Less...
INFERIOR
One who, in relation to another, has less power and is below him; one who is bound to obey another. He who-makes the law is the superior; he who is bound to obey it, the inferior. 1 Bouv. Inst, no. a

One who, in relation to another, has less power and is below him; one who is bound to obey another. He who-makes the law is the superior; he who is bound to obey it, the inferior. 1 Bouv. Inst, no. a Less...
INFERIOR COURT
This term may denote any court subordinate to the chief appellate tribunal in the particular judicial system; but it is commonly used as the designation of a court of special, limited, or statutory jurisdiction, whose record must show the existence and attaching of jurisdiction in any given case, in order More...

This term may denote any court subordinate to the chief appellate tribunal in the particular judicial system; but it is commonly used as the designation of a court of special, limited, or statutory jurisdiction, whose record must show the existence and attaching of jurisdiction in any given case, in order to give presumptive validity to its judgment See Ex parte Cuddy, 131 U. S. 280, 9 Sup. Ct 703, 33 L. Ed. 154; Kempe v. Kennedy, 5 Cranch, 185, 3 L. Ed. 70; Grignon v. Astor, 2 How. 341, 11 L. Ed. 283; Swift v. Wayne Circuit Judges, 64 Mich. 479, 31 N. W. 434; Kirkwood v. Washington County, 32 Or. 568, 52 Pac. 568. The English courts of judicature are classed generally under two heads,-the superior courts and the inferior courts; the former* division comprising the courts at Westminster, . the latter comprising all the other courts in general, many of which, however,' are far from being of inferior importance in. the common acceptation of the word. Brown. Less...
INFEUDATION
The placing in possession of a freehold estate; also the granting of tithes to laymen.

The placing in possession of a freehold estate; also the granting of tithes to laymen. Less...
INFICIARI
Lat. In the civil law. To deny; to deny one's liability;, to refuse to' pay a debt or restore a pledge; to deny the allegation of a plaintiff; to deny the charge of an accuser. Calvin.

Lat. In the civil law. To deny; to deny one's liability;, to refuse to' pay a debt or restore a pledge; to deny the allegation of a plaintiff; to deny the charge of an accuser. Calvin. Less...
INFICIATIO
Lat. In the civil law. Denial; the denial of a debt or liability; the denial of the claim or allegation of a party, plaintiff. Calvin.

Lat. In the civil law. Denial; the denial of a debt or liability; the denial of the claim or allegation of a party, plaintiff. Calvin. Less...
INFIDEL
One-who does not believe in the existence of a God who will reward or punish in this world or that which is to come Hale v. Everett 53 N, H. 54, 16 Am. Rep. 82; Jackson v. Gridley, 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 103; Heirn v. Brldault 37 Miss. 226. One More...

One-who does not believe in the existence of a God who will reward or punish in this world or that which is to come Hale v. Everett 53 N, H. 54, 16 Am. Rep. 82; Jackson v. Gridley, 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 103; Heirn v. Brldault 37 Miss. 226. One who professes no religion that can bind his conscience to speak the truth. 1 Greenl. Br. ? 368. Less...

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