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INTER

Inter virum et uxorem. Between husband and wife.

Inter vivos. Between living persons. Intercalare. To insert; to insert a month or a day in the calendar. Intercedere. To stand between; to go surety.

Interchangeably. By way of exchange, as in the exchange of indentures. See 17 Misc. Rep. 323, 40 N. Y. Supp. 381. Intercommon. The enjoyment of mutual rights of common by neighbors. See Common.

Intercommoning. Enjoying rights of intercommon.

Intercourse. Communication; trade;

commerce.

Interdict. An interdiction; an injunction; an ecclesiastical order prohibiting divine services in respect to places or persons. Interdiction. A court order depriving one needful of protection from freedom of action.

Ban

Interdiction of fire and water. ishment with a prohibition on all persons to refrain from furnishing the person with either fire or water.

Interdictum salvianum. A foreclosure of a pledge of a tenant's goods securing rent.

Interdum evenit ut exceptio quae prima facie justa videtur, tamen unique noceat. It sometimes happens that a plea which on its face seems just, is nevertheless unfair and injurious.

Interesse. Interest; an interest. Interesse termini. The lessee's interest in a term or lease for years to begin at a future time. See 72 Mo. 535, 37 Am. Rep. 446. Interest. Any right, in the nature of property, less than title. See 73 Kan. 127, 117 Am. St. Rep. 460,

INTEREST

9 Ann. Cas. 459, 4 L. R. A. (N. S.) 654, 84 Pac. 717; compensation for the use of money. See 211 Mass. 171, Ann. Cas. 1913B, 206, 39 L. R. A. (N. S.) 120, 97 N. E. 1100. Interest, Maritime. See Maritime interest.

Interest or no interest. A provision in an insurance policy waiving the right to question the interest of the insured in the property insured.

Interest policy. An insurance policy which by its form shows that the assured has a real interest in the thing insured and that it is not a mere wager. See 37 Wis. 503. Interest reipublicae ne maleficia remaneant impunita. It is in the interest of the state that crimes should not remain unpunished. Interest reipublicae ne sua quis male utatur. It is of interest to the state that no one should make ill use of his own.

Interest reipublicae quod homines conserventur. It is of interest to the state that men should be protected.

Interest

reipublicae res judicatas non rescindi. It is of interest to the state that judgments should not be reversed.

Interest reipublicae suprema homi

num testamenta rata haberi. It is of interest to the state that men's last wills be held valid. Interest reipublicae ut carceres sint

in tuto. It is of interest to the state that prisons should be safe. Interest reipublicae ut pax in regno conservetur, et quaecunque paci adversentur provide declinentur. It is of interest to the state that peace should be preserved in the kingdom and whatever things are adverse to peace should be prudently declined.

INTEREST

Interest reipublicae ut quilibet re

sua bene utatur. It is of interest to the state that each one should make good use of his property. Interest reipublicae ut sit finis litium. It is of interest to the state that there should be an end of litigation. See 67 Conn. 91, 52 Am. St. Rep. 270, 32 L. R. A. 236, 34 Atl. 714.

Interest suit. A contest between

parties interested in an estate for the right to administer it.

Interest upon interest. See Compound interest.

Interference. A claim of a right to the same invention by a party other than the patentee or applicant for a patent. See 68 Fed. (U. S.) 354.

Interim. Meanwhile; in the mean-
time.

Interim committitur. An order for
one's temporary custody.
Interim curator.

A temporary guard

ian. Interim factor. (Scotch) A temporary trustee of a bankrupt's estate.

Interim officer. An officer appointed temporarily. See Pro tem. Interim order.

INTERPLEADER

Interlocutory costs. Costs awarded
to a party by the court before
judgment, during the progress of
a cause. See 17 Fed. (U. S.) 2.
Interlocutory decree. One made
pending the cause, and before
final hearing on the merits. See
101 Miss. 203, Ann. Cas. 1914B,
307, 57 South. 567.

Interlocutory injunction. Same as
Injunction pendente lite.

Interlocutory judgment. An order of
court made in the progress of the
cause, requiring something to be
done or observed, but not deter-
mining the controversy. See 107
Ind. 9, 7 N. E. 579.

Interlocutory order. Same as Inter-
locutory judgment.

Interlopers. An unlicensed trader.
Intermittent easement. An ease-

ment only used or to be used at
intervals. See 51 N. H. 504, 12
Am. Rep. 147.

Intern. To hold one as a political
prisoner; the detention of ships,
sailors, soldiers or property of a
belligerent by a neutral nation,
during hostilities.
Internal revenue.

All government

ex

revenue excepting duties on A temporary court

order, e. g., Preliminary injunction, which see.

Interim receipt. A receipt for money paid on account of a bond or other instrument to be delivered on full payment.

Interlineation. Writing between lines

of an instrument. See 1 Dall. (Pa.) 64, 1 L. Ed. 38. Interlocking directors. Persons serving as members of the boards of directors of two or more competing corporations.

Interlocutio. Same as Imparlance. Interlocutor. A judgment or order of court.

ports and imports.

International law. See Law of nations.

International private law. See Pri-
vate international law.

International public law. See Pub-
lic international law.
Internuncio. A papal representative
at a minor court. See Nuncio.
Internuncius. A messenger; a joint
agent.

Interpellation. A citation to ap-
pear.

Interpleader. Wherein the plaintiff says, "I have a fund in my possession in which I claim no per

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INTESTATE

Interruptio multiplex non tollit praescriptionem semel obtentam. Repeated interruption will not defeat a prescription once obtained. Interruption. An act, circumstance or condition which interrupts the running of the statute of limitations or of a period of prescription. Interstate commerce. The transpor

tation of persons, property or intelligence from one state to another. See 139 Ky. 27, Ann. Cas. 1912 B, 333, 47 L. R. A. (N. S.) 648, 129 S. W. 314.

Interstate Commerce Act. The federal statute of February 4, 1887, establishing the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Interstate Commerce Commission. A board of five appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate under the Interstate Commerce Act to carry out the provisions thereof.

Intervener. One who files a plea in intervention.

Intervening damages. Damages accruing pending an appeal or review. See 17 Vt. 46. Intervention. A proceeding whereby one not originally a party appears in a suit on his own application and joins one of the original parties in his cause of action or defense, or asserts some cause of action in his own favor against one or all of the original parties. See 123 Am. St. Rep. 280, note. Intestabilis. Disqualified from testifying or from making a will. Intestable. One not qualified to make a will.

Intestacy. The condition of one

dying intestate.

Intestate. A person who dies without leaving a valid will. See 21 Idaho, 258, 39 L. R. A. (N. S.)

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INVECTA

Invecta et illata. Things carried and brought, the goods of a tenant. Inveniendo. Finding.

Inveniens libellum famosum et non corrumpens punitur. The finder of a defamatory libel, not destroying it, is punished.

Inventio. A finding of goods. Invention. The finding out, creation or contrivance of something new and useful. See 20 Fed. Cas. (U. S.) 286.

Inventor. The originator of an invention.

Inventory. An itemized list of artiIcles with the value of each. See 111 Ga. 622, 78 Am. St. Rep. 216, 52 L. R. A. 70, 36 S. E. 821. Inventus. Found.

Inveritare. To verify; to prove. Invest. To vest; to clothe; to confer upon; to place money where it will yield a profit. See 127 Mo. 85, 27 L. R. A. 653, 29 S. W. 990.

Investitive fact. A fact giving rise to a right.

Investiture. Making livery of seisin; clothing one with actual possession.

Inviolable. Immunity from being violated.

Invitation. A direct or implied inducement to enter upon one's premises. See 92 Mass. 368, 87 Am. Dec. 644.

Invito. Against the will; unwilling. Invito beneficium non datur. A benefit is not given to one who is unwilling.

Invito debitore. Against the debtor's will.

Invito domino. Without the con

sent of the master. Invoice. A written account of items of goods shipped with their values

IRA

or prices. See 132 Mich. 353, 93 N. W. 869.

Invoice price. The cost or value of goods at the, place of shipment. See 120 Cal. 156, 40 L. R. A. 350, 47 Pac. 874, 52 Pac. 302. Involuntary. Not voluntary; without willing; accidental. See 31 Tex. Civ. App. 509, 72 S. W. 602. Involuntary alienation. Such as results from attachment, levy and sale for taxes or other debts due from the owner of the property. See 32 R. I. 104, Ann. Cas. 1912C, 1311, 78 Atl. 507. Involuntary bankruptcy.

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ings to have a debtor judicially declared a bankrupt, instituted by his creditors without his consent. See 96 Fed. (U. S.) 600. Involuntary manslaughter. The unlawful killing of a human being, without malice, either express or implied, and without intent to kill or inflict an injury causing death, committed accidentally in the commission of some unlawful act not felonious, or in the improper or negligent performance of an act lawful in itself. See 90 Am. St. Rep. 571, note.

Involuntary payment. One made reluctantly in consequence of an illegal demand. See 49 Am. Dec. 603, note.

Ipsae leges cupiunt ut jure regantur. The very laws wish to be governed by the right.

Ipse. He, himself; himself.
Ipse dixit. He said it himself, i. e.,

there is no other authority for it. Ipsissimis verbis. In the very words. Ipso facto. By the very fact; automatically.

Ipso jure. By the law itself. Ira furor brevis est. Anger is brief insanity. See 4 Wend. (N. Y.) 336.

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