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  • INSETENA
    In old records. An indltch; an Interior ditch; one made within another, for greater security. Spelman.
  • INSIDIATORES VIARUM
    Lat. Highwaymen ; persons who lie in wait in order to commit some felony or other misdemeanor.
  • INSIGNIA
    Ensigns or arms; distinctive marks; badges; indicia; characteristics.
  • INSILIARIUS
    An evil counsellor. Cowell.
  • INSILIUM
    Evil advice or counsel. Cowell.
  • INSIMUL
    Lat. Together; jointly. Townsh. PI. 44. -Insimnl oompntassent. They accounted together. The name of the count in assumpsit upon an account stated; it being averred that the parties had settled their accounts together, and defendant engaged to pay plaintiff the balance. Fraley v. Bispham, 10 Pa. 325, 51 Am. Dec. More...
  • INSINUACION
    In Spanish law. The presentation of a public document to a competent judge, in order to obtain his approbation and sanction of the same, and thereby give it judicial authenticity. Escriche.
  • INSINUARE
    Lat. In the civil law. To put into; to deposit a writing in court, answering nearly to the modern expression "to file." Si non mandatum actis insin-uatum .est, if the power or authority be not deposited among the records of the court. Inst 4, 11, 3. To declare or acknowledge More...
  • INSINUATIO
    Lat. In old English law. Information or suggestion. Em insinuation, on the information. Reg. Jud. 25, 50.
  • INSINUATION
    In the civil law. The transcription of an act on the public registers like our recording of deeds. It was not necessary in any other alienation but that appropriated to the purpose of donation. Inst. 2, 7, 2. -Insinuation of a will. In the civil law. The first production of More...
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