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  • IMMISCERE
    Lat. In the civil law. To mix or mingle with; to meddle with; to Join with. Calvin.
  • IMMITTERE
    Lat. In tne civil law. To put or let into, as a beam into a wall, fealvin; Dig. 50, 17, 242, 1. In old English law. To put cattle on a common. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 20, ? 7. Immobilia situm sequuntur. Immovable things follow their site or position; are More...
  • IMMOBILIS
    Lat. Immovable. Immobilia or res immobile, immovable things, such as lands and buildings. Mackeld. Rom. Law, 1160.
  • IMMORAL
    Contrary to good morals; inconsistent with the rules and principles of morality which regard men as living in a community, and which are necessary for the public welfare, order, and decency. -Immoral consideration. One contrary to good morals, and therefore invalid. Contracts based upon an immoral consideration are generally void.-Immoral More...
  • IMMORALITY
    That which is -contra bonos mores. See IMMORAL.
  • IMMOVABLES
    In the civil law. Property which, from its nature, destination, or the object to which it is applied, cannot move Itself, or be removed. Immovable things are, in general, such as cannot either move themselves or be removed from one place to another. But this definition, strictly speaking, is applicable More...
  • IMMUNITY
    An exemption from serving In an office, or performing duties which the law generally requires other citizens to perform. Long v. Converse, 91 U. S. 113, 23 L Ed. 233; Ex parte Levy, 43 Ark. 54, 51 Am. Rep. 550; Lonas v. State, 3 Helsk. (Tenn.) 306; Douglass v. Stephens, More...
  • IMPAIR
    To weaken, diminish, or relax, or otherwise affect in an Injurious manner. Davey v. Mtn& L. Ins. Co. (C. C.) 20 Fed. 482; State v. Carew, 13 Rich. Law (S. C.) 541, 91 Am. Dec 245; Swinburne v. Mills, 17 Wash. 611, 50 Pac. 489, 61 Am. St. Rep. 932.
  • IMPAIRING THE OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS
    For the meaning of this phrase in the constitution of the United States, see 2 Story, Const. f? 1374-1399; 1 Kent Comm. 413-422; Pom. Const Law; Black, Const. Law (3d Ed.) p. 720 et seq.
  • IMPANEL
    In English praetiee. To impanel a jury signifies the entering by the sheriff upon, a piece of parchment, termed a "panel," the names of the jurors who have been summoned to appear in court on a certain day to form a jury of the country to hear such matters as More...
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