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Definition of International Law, Private The body of rules for determining questions of jurisdiction and questions as to the selection of the appropriate law, in civil cases which present themselves for decision before the Courts of a State or country but which involve a foreign element, i. […]

Definition of Interpleader When a person is in possession of property in which he claims no interest, but to which two or more other persons lay claim, and he, not knowing to whom he may safely give it up, is sued by one or both, he can compel them to interplead, i. e., to take…

Definition of Interpretatio Charter Urn Benigne Facienda Est Ut Res Magis Valeat Quam Pereat The construction of deeds is to be made liberally, that the thing may rather avail than perish Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Interpretatio Charter Urn […]

Definition of Interpretation Clause A clause in an Act of Parliament or deed setting out the meaning which is to be attached to particular expressions Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Interpretation Clause in the Dictionaries, Interpretation Clause […]

Definition of Interrogatories Written questions put by one party to an action to the other, on matters arising in the action, to be answered by affidavit. See Order XXXI Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Interrogatories in the Dictionaries, […]

Definition of Intervener A person who voluntarily interposes in an action or other proceeding in the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division with the leave of the Court Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Intervener in the Dictionaries, Intervener in […]

Definition of Instrument A formal legal document in. writing, e.fl., a deed of conveyance. A vesting instrument means a vesting deed, a vesting assent, or a vesting order, and a trust instrument means the instrument whereby the trusts of the settled land are declared. (Settled Land Act, 1925, […]

Definition of Intestate Without leaving a will. Partial intestacy is the leaving of a will which validly disposes of part only of the property Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Intestate in the Dictionaries, Intestate in our legal dictionaries, […]

Definition of Insufficiency The failure of an affidavit to give answers to the extent required. See Order XXXI, r. 11 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Insufficiency in the Dictionaries, Insufficiency in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, […]

Definition of Intestate Succession By the Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 46, the residuary estate of an intestate dying after 1925 is to go as follows :(1) If the intestate leaves a husband or wife, lie or she takes the personal chattels (e.g., furniture) absolutely ; 1,000 with […]