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  • ILLEGITIMACY
    The condition before the law, or the social status, of a bastard; the state or condition of one whose parents were not Intermarried at the time of bis birth. Miller v. Miller, 18 Hun (N. Y.) 509; Brown v. Belmarde, 8 Kan. 52.
  • ILLEGITIMATE
    That which is contrary to law; it Is usually applied to bastards, or children born out of lawful wedlock. The Louisiana Code divided illegitimate children into two classes: (1) Those born from two persons who, at the moment when such children were conceived, could have lawfully intermarried; and (2) those More...
  • ILLEVIABLE
    Not leviable; that cannot or ought not to be levied. Cowell.
  • ILLICENCIATUS
    In old English law. Without license. Fleta, lib. 3, c 6, | 12.
  • ILLICIT
    Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as an illicit trade; 0- hcit intercourse. State v. Miller, 60 Vt 90, 12 Ati. 526. -Illicit connection. Unlawful sexual intercourse. State v. King. 9 S. D. 628, 70 N. W. 1046.-Illicit cohabitation. The living together as man and wife of two persons who More...
  • ILLICITE
    Lat. Unlawfully. This word has a technical meaning, and is requisite in an indictment where the act charged is un* lawful; as in the case of a riot 2 Hawk. P. C c 25, | 96.
  • ILLICITUM COLLEGIUM
    Lat An illegal corporation.
  • ILLITERATE
    Unlettered; Ignorant; unlearned. Generally used of one who cannot read and write. See In re Succession of Carroll, 28 La. Ann. 388.
  • ILLOCABLE
    Incapable of being placed out or hired.
  • ILLUD
    Lat That Hind, quod alias licitum non est, se* eessitas fadt lid turn; et necessitas in-ducit privilegium quoad jura privata. Bac. Max. That which is otherwise not permitted, necessity permits; and necessity makes a privilege as to private rights. Hind, quod alter! unltur, extingultur, neqne amplius per so vac are More...
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