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  • INITIATE
    Commenced; inchoate. Curtesy initiate Is the interest which a hues band has in the wife's lands after a child is born who may inherit but before the wife dies.
  • INITIATIVE
    In French law. The name given to the important prerogative conferred by the charte constitutionnelle, article 16, on the late king to propose through his ministers projects of laws. 1 Toullier, no. 39.
  • INJUNCTION
    A prohibitive writ issued by a court of equity, at. the suit of a party complainant, directed to a party defendant in the action, or to a party made a defendant for that purpose, forbidding the latter to do some act, or to permit his servants or agents to do More...
  • INJURES GRAVES
    Fr. In French law. Grievous insults or injuries, including personal insults and reproachful language, constituting a Just cause of divorce. Butler v. Butler, 1 Pars. Eq. Cas.' (Pa.) 344.
  • INJURIA
    Lat. Injury; wrong; the privation or violation of right. 3 Bl. Comm. 2. -Injuria absque damno. Injury or wrong without damage. A wrong done, but from which no loss or damage results, and which, therefore, will not sustain 'an action. Injuria nt ei eni eonviclum dictum est, vel de eo More...
  • INJURIOUS WORDS
    In Louisiana. Slander, or libelous words.' Civil Code La* art 3501.
  • INJURY
    Any wrong or damage done to another, either in his person, rights, reputation, or property. Parker v. Griswold, 17 Conn. 298, 42 Am. Dec. 739; Woodruff v. Mining Co., 18 Fed. 781; Hitch v. Edgecombe County, 132 N. a 573, 44 S. E. 30; Macauley v. Tierney, 19 R. I. More...
  • INJUSTICE
    The withholding or denial of justice. In law, almost invariably applied to the act, fault, or omission of a court, as distinguished from that of an individual. See Holton v. Olcott. 58 N. H. 598; In re Moulton, 50 N. H. 532. "Fraud" is deception practised by the party; "injustice" More...
  • INLAGARE
    In old English law. To restore to protection of law. To restore a man from the condition of outlawry. Opposed to utlagare. Bract, lib. 3, tr. 2, c. 14, I 1; Du Cange.
  • INLAGATION
    Restoration to the protection of law. Restoration from a condition of outlawry.
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