Category: I

  • Intrusion

    Definition of Intrusion Where the tenant for life of an estate dies, and before the heir o,f the reversioner or remainderman enters, a stranger enters or intrudes on the land, the heir’s remedies are entry or an action for recovery of the land Browse You might be interested in these references […]

  • Invito Beneficium Non Datur

    Definition of Invito Beneficium Non Datur A benefit is not conferred upon anyone against his consent. (Roman Law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Invito Beneficium Non Datur in the Dictionaries, Invito Beneficium Non Datur in our legal […]

  • Ipso Facto

    Definition of Ipso Facto By the mere fact Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Ipso Facto in the Dictionaries, Ipso Facto in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, Find […]

  • Irons V. Smallpiece

    Definition of Irons V. Smallpiece ((1819), 2 B. & A. 551). For a valid gift, a chattel must be delivered to the donee, or the ownership of it be vested in him by way of deed of transfer.The plaintiff claimed two colts from his father’s executrix under a verbal gift made by his father a…

  • Irregularity

    Definition of Irregularity The departure from, or neglect of, the proper formalities in a legal proceeding. See Order LXX Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Irregularity in the Dictionaries, Irregularity in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, […]

  • Issue

    Definition of Issue (1) The issue of a person consists of his children, grandchildren, and all other lineal descendants. (2) Issues is the technical name for the profits of land taken in execution under a writ of distringas (q.v.). (3) When the parties to an action have answered one another’s […]

  • Irremovability

    Definition of Irremovability The status of a pauper who cannot be legally removed from the parish or union in which he is receiving relief, notwithstanding that he has not acquired a settlement there Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Irremovability […]

  • Issuable

    Definition of Issuable A pleading which raised a substantial question of fact or law, a judgment or verdict on which would determine the action on its merits Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Issuable in the Dictionaries, Issuable in our legal […]

  • Issue

    Definition of Issue (1) The issue of a person consists of his children, grandchildren, and all other lineal descendants. (2) Issues is the technical name for the profits of land taken in execution under a writ of distringas (q.v.). (3) When the parties to an action have answered one another’s […]

  • Interdicta

    Definition of Interdicta Formulae framed and used by the Praetor, by which he ordered or forbade something to be done, chiefly in disputes about possession or quasi-possession. (Roman Law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Interdicta in the […]