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I O U
A memorandum of debt, consisting of these letters, ("I owe you,") a sum of money, and the debtor's signature, is termed an I O U." Kinney v. Flynn, 2 R. I. 329.

A memorandum of debt, consisting of these letters, ("I owe you,") a sum of money, and the debtor's signature, is termed an I O U." Kinney v. Flynn, 2 R. I. 329. Less...
IBERNAGIUM
In old English law. The season for sowing winter corn. Also spelled "hibernagium" and "hybernaglum." Ibi semper debet fieri triatio ubi jura-tores meUorem possunt habere notitiam. 7 Coke, lb. A trial should always be had where the jurors can be the best informed.

In old English law. The season for sowing winter corn. Also spelled "hibernagium" and "hybernaglum." Ibi semper debet fieri triatio ubi jura-tores meUorem possunt habere notitiam. 7 Coke, lb. A trial should always be had where the jurors can be the best informed. Less...
IBIDEM
Lat. In the same place; in the same book; on the same page, etc Abbreviated to "ibid." or "ib."

Lat. In the same place; in the same book; on the same page, etc Abbreviated to "ibid." or "ib." Less...
ICENI
The ancient name for the people of Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Huntingdonshire, in England.

The ancient name for the people of Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Huntingdonshire, in England. Less...
ICONA
An image, figure, or representation of a thing. Du Cange.

An image, figure, or representation of a thing. Du Cange. Less...
ICTUS
In old English law. A stroke or blow from a club or stone; a bruise, contusion, or swelling produced by a blow from a club or stone, as distinguished from "plaga," (a wound.) Fleta, lib. 1, c. 41, | 8. -Ictus orbis. In medical jurisprudence. A maim, a bruise, or More...

In old English law. A stroke or blow from a club or stone; a bruise, contusion, or swelling produced by a blow from a club or stone, as distinguished from "plaga," (a wound.) Fleta, lib. 1, c. 41, | 8. -Ictus orbis. In medical jurisprudence. A maim, a bruise, or swelling; any hurt without cutting the skin. When the skin is cut the injury is called a "wound." Bract, lib. 2, tr. 2, cc. 5, 24. Id eertum est quod eertum reddi potest. That Is certain which can be made certain. 2 Bl. Comm. 143; 1 Bl. Comm. 78; 4 Kent, Comm. 462; Broom, Max. 624.. Id eertum est quod eertum reddi potest, sed id magis eertum est quod de semetipeo est oertum. That is certain which can be made certain, but that is more certain which is certain of itself. 9 Coke, 47a. Less...
ID EST
Lat. That is. Commonly abbreviated "i. e." Id perfeetum est quod ex omnibus suis partibus constat. That is perfect which consists of all its parts. 9 Coke, 9. Id possums quod de jure possumua Lane, 116. We may do only that which by law we are allowed to do. Id More...

Lat. That is. Commonly abbreviated "i. e." Id perfeetum est quod ex omnibus suis partibus constat. That is perfect which consists of all its parts. 9 Coke, 9. Id possums quod de jure possumua Lane, 116. We may do only that which by law we are allowed to do. Id quod est magis remotum, non trahlt ad se quod est magis junotum, sed e oon-trario iu omul easu. That which is more remote does not draw to itself that which is nearer, but the contrary in every case. Co. Litt 164. Id quod nostrum est sine facto nostro ad alium transferri non potest. That which is ours cannot be transferred to another without our act Dig. 60, 17,1L Id solum nostrum quod debltis deduetis nostrum est. That only is ours which remains to us after deduction of debts. Tray. Lat Max. 227. Less...
IDEM
Lat. The same. According to Lord Coke, "idem" has two significations. sc., idem syllabis seu verbis, (the same in syllables or words,) and idem re et sensu, (the same in substance and in sense.) 10 Coke. 124a. In old practice. The said, or aforesaid; said, aforesaid. Distinguished from "prae-dictus" in More...

Lat. The same. According to Lord Coke, "idem" has two significations. sc., idem syllabis seu verbis, (the same in syllables or words,) and idem re et sensu, (the same in substance and in sense.) 10 Coke. 124a. In old practice. The said, or aforesaid; said, aforesaid. Distinguished from "prae-dictus" in old- entries, though having the same general signification. Townsh. PL 15V 16. Idem agens et patiens esse non potest. Jenk. Cent 40. The same person cannot be both agent and patient; i. e., the doer and person to whom the thing is done. Idem est facere, et non prohibere eum possis; et qui non prohibit, out pro-bibere possit, in culpa est. (aut jubet.) 3 Inst 158. To commit, and not to prohibit when in your power, is the same thing; and he who does not prohibit when he can prohibit is in fault, or does the same as ordering it to be dona Idem est nihil dieere, et insmnteienter dieere. It is the same thing to say nothing, and to say a thing insufficiently. 2 Inst 178. To say a thing in an insufficient manner is the same as not to say it at all. Applied to the plea of a prisoner. Id. Idem est non ease, et non apparere. It is the same thing not to be as not to appear. Jenk. Cent 207. Not to appear is the same thing as not to be. Broom, Max. 165. Idem est non proberi et non esse; non deficit jus, sed probatio. What is not proved and what does not exist are the same; It is not a defect of tbe law, but of proof. Idem est scire aut scire debars aut potuisse. To be bound to know or to be able to know is the same as to know. Less...
IDEM PER IDEM
The same for the same. An illustration of a kind that really adds no additional element to the consideration of the question. Idem semper antecedent! proximo refertur. Co. Litt. 685. "The same" is always referred to its next antecedent

The same for the same. An illustration of a kind that really adds no additional element to the consideration of the question. Idem semper antecedent! proximo refertur. Co. Litt. 685. "The same" is always referred to its next antecedent Less...
IDEM SONANS
Sounding the same or alike; having the same sound. A term applied to naines which are substantially the same, though slightly varied In the spelling, as "Lawrence" and "Lawrance," and the like. 1 Crom0. A M. 806; 3 Chit Gen. Pr. 171. Two names are said to be "idem sonantes" More...

Sounding the same or alike; having the same sound. A term applied to naines which are substantially the same, though slightly varied In the spelling, as "Lawrence" and "Lawrance," and the like. 1 Crom0. A M. 806; 3 Chit Gen. Pr. 171. Two names are said to be "idem sonantes" if the attentive ear finds difficulty iu distinguishing them when pronounced, or if common and long-continued usage has by corruption or abbreviation made them identical in pronunciation. State v. Griffie, 118 Mo. 188, 23 S. W. 878. The rule of "idem sonant" is that absolute accuracy in spelling names is not required in a legal document or proceedings either civil or criminal; that if the name, as spelled in the document, though different from the correct spelling thereof, conveys to the ear, when pronounced according to the commonly accepted methods, a sound practically identical with the correct name as commonly pronounced, the name thus given is a sufficient identification of the individual referred to, and no advantage can be taken of the clerical error. Hubner v. Iteick-hoff, 103 Iowa, 368, 72 N. W. 540, 64 Am. St Rep. 191. But the doctrine of "idem sonans" has been much enlarged by modern decisions, to conform to the growing rule that a variance, to be material, must be such as has misled the opposite party to his prejudice. State v. White, 34 S. C. 59, 12 S. E. 661t 27 Am. St Rep. 783. Less...

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