IN SOLIDO. A term used in the civil law, to signify that a contract is joint.2. Obligations are in solido, first, between several creditors; secondly,...
IN PARI CAUSA. In an equal cause. It is a rule that when two persons have equal rights in relation to a particular thing, the party in possession is c...
IN GREMIO LEGIS. In the bosom of the law. This is a figurative expression, by which is meant, that the subject is under the protection of the law; as,...
IN COMMENDAM. The state or condition of a church living, which is void or vacant, and it is commended to the care of some one. In, Louisiana, there is...
IMPROVEMENT, rights. An addition of some useful thing to a machine, manufacture or composition of matter.2. The patent law of July 4, 1836, authorizes...
IMPRESCRIPTIBILITY. The state of being incapable of prescription.2. A property which is held in trust is imprescriptible; that is the trustee cannot a...
IMPORTS. Importations; as no state shall lay any duties on imports or exports. Const. U. S. Art. 1, s. 10; 7 How. U. S. Rep. 477.IMPORTUNITY. Urgent s...
IMPORTATION, comm. law. The act of bringing goods and merchandise into the United States from a foreign country. 9 Cranch, 104, 120; 5 Cranch, 368; 2 ...
IMPERTINENT, practice, pleading. What does not appertain, or belong to; id est, qui ad rem non pertinet.2. Evidence of facts which do not belong to th...
IMPEACHMENT, evidence. An allegation, supported by proof, that a witness who has been examined is unworthy of credit.2. Every witness is liable to be ...