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  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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...
  • INFEUDATION
    The placing in possession of a freehold estate; also the granting of tithes to laymen.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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...
  • INFIDELIS
    In old English law. An infidel or heathen. In feudal law. One who violated fealty.
  • INFIDELITAS
    In feudal law. Infidelity ; faithlessness to one's feudal oath. Spelman.
  • INFIDUCIARE
    In old European law. To pledge property. Spelman.
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