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INTESTACY
The state or condition of dying without having made a valid will. Brown v. Mugway, 15 N. J. Law, 331.

The state or condition of dying without having made a valid will. Brown v. Mugway, 15 N. J. Law, 331. Less...
INTESTATE
Without making a will. A person is said to die intestate when he dies without making a will, or dies without leaving anything to testify what his wishes were with respect to the disposal of his property after his death. The word is also often used to signify the person More...

Without making a will. A person is said to die intestate when he dies without making a will, or dies without leaving anything to testify what his wishes were with respect to the disposal of his property after his death. The word is also often used to signify the person himself. Thus, in speaking of the property of a person who died intestate, it is common to say "the in" testate's property;" i. e., the property of the person dying in an intestate condition. Brown. See In re Cameron's Estate, 47 App. Div. 120, 62 N. Y. Supp. 187; Messmann v. Egenberger, 46 App. Div. 46, 61 N. Y. Supp. 556; Code Civ. Proc. N. Y. 1889, ? 2514, subd. 1. Besides the strict meaning of the word as above given, there is also a sense in which intestacy may be partial; that is, where a man leaves a will which does not dispose of his whole estate, he is said to "die Intestate" as to the property so omitted. -intestate succession. A succession is called "intestate" when the deceased has left no will, or when his will has been revoked or anr nulled as irregular. Therefore the heirs to whom a succession has fallen by the effects of law only are called "heirs ab intestato" Civ. Code La. art. 1096. Less...
INTESTATO
Lat. In the civil law. Intestate; without a will. Calvin.

Lat. In the civil law. Intestate; without a will. Calvin. Less...
INTESTATUS
Lat. In the civil and old English law. An intestate; one who dies without a will. Dig. 50, 17, 7. Intestatns deeedit, qni ant omnino testamentnm non fecit; ant non jure fecit; ant id qnod feoerat mptnm irri-tnnrve faotnm est; ant nemo ex oo hseres exstitlt. A person dies intestate More...

Lat. In the civil and old English law. An intestate; one who dies without a will. Dig. 50, 17, 7. Intestatns deeedit, qni ant omnino testamentnm non fecit; ant non jure fecit; ant id qnod feoerat mptnm irri-tnnrve faotnm est; ant nemo ex oo hseres exstitlt. A person dies intestate who either has made no testament at all or has made one not legally valid; or if the testament he has made be revoked, or made useless; or if no one becomes heir under it Inst 3, 1, Pr. Less...
INTIMATION
In tne civil law. A notification to a party that some step in a legal proceeding is asked or will be taken. Particularly, a notice given by the party taking an appeal, to the other party, that the court above will hear the appeal. In Scotch law. A formal written More...

In tne civil law. A notification to a party that some step in a legal proceeding is asked or will be taken. Particularly, a notice given by the party taking an appeal, to the other party, that the court above will hear the appeal. In Scotch law. A formal written notice, drawn by a notary, to be served on a party against whom a stranger has acquired a right or claim; e. g., the assignee of a debt must serve such a notice on the debtor, otherwise a payment to the original creditor will be good. Less...
INTIMIDATION
In English law. Every person commits a misdemeanor, punishable with a fine or imprisonment, who wrongfully uses violence to or intimidates any other person, or his wife or children, with a view to compel him to abstain from doing, or to do, any act which he has a legal right More...

In English law. Every person commits a misdemeanor, punishable with a fine or imprisonment, who wrongfully uses violence to or intimidates any other person, or his wife or children, with a view to compel him to abstain from doing, or to do, any act which he has a legal right to do, or abstain from doing. (St 38 A 39 Vict c. 86, | 7.) This enactment is chiefly directed against outrages by trades-unions. Sweet There are similar statutes in many of the United States. See Payne v. Railroad Co., 13 Lea (Tenn.) 514, 49 Am. Rep. 666; Embry v. Com., 79 Ky. 441. -Intimidation of voters. This, by statute in several of the states, is made a criminal offense. Under an early Pennsylvania act it was held that, to constitute the offense of intimidation of voters, there must be a preconceived intention for the purpose of intimidating the officers or interrupting tbe election. Respubiica v. Gibbs, 3 Yeates (Pa.) 429. Less...
INTITLE
An old form of "entitle." 6 Mod. 304.

An old form of "entitle." 6 Mod. 304. Less...
INTOL AND UTTOL
In old records. Toll or custom paid for things Imported and exported, or bought in and sold out CowelL

In old records. Toll or custom paid for things Imported and exported, or bought in and sold out CowelL Less...
INTOXICATION
The state of being poisoned; the condition produced by the administration or introduction into the human system of a poison. But in its popular use this term is restricted to alcoholic intoxication, that is, drunkenness or inebriety, or the mental and physical condition induced by drinking excessive quantities of alcoholic More...

The state of being poisoned; the condition produced by the administration or introduction into the human system of a poison. But in its popular use this term is restricted to alcoholic intoxication, that is, drunkenness or inebriety, or the mental and physical condition induced by drinking excessive quantities of alcoholic liquors, and this "is its meaning as used in statutes, indictments, etc. See Sapp v. State, 116 Ga. 182, 42 S. E. 410; State v. Pierce, 65 Iowa, 85, 21 N. W. 195; Wadsworth v. Dunnam, 98 Ala. 610, 13 South. 599; Ring v. Ring, 112 Ga. 854, 38 S. E. 330; State v. Kelley, 47 Vt 296; Com. v. Whitney, 11 Cush. (Mass.) 477. Less...
INTOXICATING LIQUOR
Any liquor used as a beverage, and which, when so used in sufficient quantities, ordinarily or commonly produces entire or partial intoxication; any liquor Intended for use as a beverage or capable of being so used, which contains alcohol, either obtained by fermentation or by the additional process of distillation, More...

Any liquor used as a beverage, and which, when so used in sufficient quantities, ordinarily or commonly produces entire or partial intoxication; any liquor Intended for use as a beverage or capable of being so used, which contains alcohol, either obtained by fermentation or by the additional process of distillation, in such proportion that it will pro duce intoxication when imbibed in such quantities as may practically be drunk. Intoxicating Liquor Cases, 25 Kan. 767, 37 Am. Rep. 284; Com'rs v. Taylor, 21 N. Y. 173; People v. Hawley, 3 Mich. 339; State v. Oliver, 26 W. Va. 431, 53 Am. Rep. 79; Sebastian v. State, 44 Tex. Cr. R. 508, 72 S. W. 850; Worley v. Spurgeon, 38 Iowa, 465. Less...

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