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  • Interpleader

    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…

  • Interpretation Clause

    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 […]

  • Interpretatio Charter Urn Benigne Facienda Est Ut Res Magis Valeat Quam Pereat

    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 […]

  • Intestate Succession

    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 […]

  • Interpretation Clause

    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 […]

  • Interrogatories

    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, […]

  • Intervener

    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 […]

  • Instrument

    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, […]

  • Intestate

    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, […]

  • Inns Of Court

    Definition of Inns Of Court The four Inns of Court, Inner Temple, Middle Temple, Lincoln’s Inn, and Gray’s Inn, are unincorporated voluntary associations with the exclusive right of Call to the Bar. They have been described as a judicial university. They were established in the fourteenth […]