In old records. An inditch; an interior ditch; one made within another, for greater security. Spelman
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In ovidoneo. Anything written or engraved upon a metallic or other solid substance, intended for great durabill-ty; as upon a tombstone, pillar, tablet, medal, ring, etc
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The name given by the old Engllsh law to any written instru-ment by whlch anything was granted. Blount
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Lat. In the clvll law. To snbscribe an accusation. To bind one’s self, In case of failure to prove an accusation, to suffer the same punishment which the ac-cused would have suffered had he been proved guilty. Calvin
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Lat in the dvil law. A wrltten accusation in which the accuser un-dertakes to suffer the punishment appropri-ate to the offense charged, if the accused is able to clear hlmself of the accusation. Cal-vin; Cod. 9, 1, 10; Id. 9, 2, 16, 17
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erangement is accompanied with more or less of excitement. Sometimes the excitement amounts to a fury. The individual in such cases is subject to hallucinations and illusions. He is impressed with the reality of events which have never occurred, and of things which do not exist, and acts more or less in conformity with his belief in these particulars. The mania may be general, and affect all or most of the op-era tions of the mind; or it may be partial, and be confined to particular subjects. In tbe latter case it is generally termed ‘monomania.’** In a more popular but less scientific sense, “mania” denotes a morbid or unnatural or ex-cessive craving, issuing in impulses of such fix-ity and intensity that they cannot be resisted by the patient in the enfeebled state of the will and blurred moral concepts which accompany the disease. It is used in this sense in such compounds as “homicidal mania,” “dipsomania,” and the like.—Hypomania. A mild or slight-ly developed form or type of mania.—Mono-mania. A perversion or derangement of tbe reason or understanding with reference to a single subject or small claas of subjects, with considerable mental excitement and delusions,^ while, as to all matters outs’de the range of the’ peculiar infirmity, the intellectual faculties remain unimpaired and function normal y. Hopps v. People, 31 111. 390, 83 Am. Dec. 231; In re Black’s Estate, Myr. Prob. (Cal.) 27; owing’s Case, 1 Bland (Md.) 388, 17 Am. Dec. 311; Merritt v. State, 39 Tex. Cr. R. 70, 45 S. W. 21; In re Gannon’s will, 2 Misc. Rep. 329, 21 N. Y. Supp. 960.—Paranoia. Monomania in general, or the obsession of a delusion or sys-tem of delusions which dominate without de-stroying the mental capacity, leaving the patient sane as to all matters outside tbeir particular range, though subject to perverted ideas, false beliefs, and uncontrollable impulses within that range; and particularly, the form of monomania where the delusion is as to wrongs, injuries, or persecution inflicted upon the patient and his consequently justifiable resentment cr r^venee. winters v. State, 61 N. J. Law, 613, 41 Atl. 220; People v. Braun, 158 N. Y. 558. 53 N. E. 629; Flanagan v. State, 103 Ga. 619, 30 S. E. 650. Paranoia is called by Kraepelin “progres-sive systematized insanity,” because the delusions of being wronged or of persecution and of excessive self-esteem develop quite slowly, without independent disturbances of emotional life or of tbe will becoming prominent, and because there occurs regularly a mental working up of the delusion to form a delusionary view of the world,—in fact, a system,—leading to a derangement of tbe stand-point which the patient takes up towards the events of life.—Homicidal mania. A form of mania in which the morbid state of the mind manifests itself in an irresist-able inclination or impulse to commit homicide, prompted usually by an insane delusion either as to the necessity of self-defense or the avenging of injuries, or as to tbe patient being the appointed instrument of a superhuman justice. Com. v. Sayre, 5 wkly. Notes Cas. (Pa.) 425; Com. v. Mosier, 4 Pa. 266.—Methomania. An irre-sistible craving for alcoholic or other intoxicating liquors, manifested by the periodical re-currence of drunken debauches. State v. Savage, 89 Ala. 1, 7 South. 183, 7 L. R. A. 42B —Dipsomania. Practically the same thing as metho-mania, except that the irresistible impulse to intoxication is extended by some writers to in-clude the use of such drugs as opium or cocaine as well as alcohol. See State v. Reidell, 9 Houat. (Del.) 470, 14 Atl. 550; Ballard v. State, 19 Neb. 609, 28 N. W. 271.—Mania a potn. Delirium tremens, or a species of tem-porary insanity resulting as a secondary effect produced by tbe excessive and protracted indub
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Unsoundness of mind; mad-nees; mental alienation or derangement; a morbid psychic condition resulting from dis-order of the brain, w’hether arising from mal-formatloh or defective organization or mor-hid processes affecting the brain primarily or diseased states of the general system impii-cating it secondarily, which involves the intellect, the emotions, the will, and the moral sense, or some of these faculties, and which is characterized especially by their non-devel-opment, derangement, or perversion, and is manifested, in most forms, by delusions, in-capacity to reason or to judge, or by uncon-. trollable impulses. In law, such a want of reason, memory, and Intelligence as prevents a man from comprehending the nature and consequences of hls acts or from distinguish-lng between right and wrong conduct. From both the pathologic and the legal definitions are* to be excluded temporary mental aber-ratlons caused by or accompanying alcohollc or other intoxication and the dellrium of fever. See Crosswell v. People, 13 Mich. 427, 87 Am. Dec. 774; Johnson v. Insurance Co., 83 Me. 182, 22 Atl. 107; McNeil v. Relief Ass’n, 40 App. Dlv. 581, 58 N. V. Supp. 122; Haile v. Rallroad Co., 60 Fed. 5G0, 9 C. C. A. 134, 23 L. R. A. 774; Meyers v. Com., 83 Pa. 136; Somers v. Pumphrey, 24 lnd. 245; Frazer v. Frazer, 2 Del. Ch. 263
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Unsound in mlnd; of unsound mlnd; deranged, disordered, or diseased in mind. Violently deranged; mad
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A designation of sheriffs, coroners super visum corporis, and the like, who have power to inquire into certain matters
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A form of “enroll,” used in the old books. 3 Rep. Ch. 63, 73 ; 3 East, 410
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The writ of inquiry is a ju-dlcial process addressed to the sheriff of the county in which the venue is laid, stating the former proceedings in the action, and, “because it is unknown what damages the plaintiff has sustained,” commanding the sheriff that, by the oath of twelve men of his county, he diligeutly Inquire into the same, and return the inquisition into court. This writ is necessary after au interlocutory judg-ment, the defendant having let judgment go by default, to ascertain the quantum of dam-ages. wharton
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IO. in old English law. An Inquisition or inquest. Inquisitio post mortem, an inquisition after death. An inquest of office held, during the continuance of the military tenures, upou the death of every one of the king’s tenants, to inquire of what lands he died seised, who was his heir, and of what age, in order to entitle-the king to his mar-riage, wardship, relief, primer seisin, or other advantages, as the circumstances of the case might turn out. 3 Bl. Comm. 258. Inquisitio patria, the inquisition of the country; the ordinary jury, as distinguished from the grand assise. Bract fol. 15b
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In Roman law. A ten-ant; one who hires and occupies another’s house; but particularly, a tenant of a hired house in a city, as distinguished from colo-nus, the hirer of a house or estate in the country. Calvin
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An authority given to some official person to institute an inquiry, concerning the crown’s interests
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1. A body of men appointed’ by law to inquire into certain matters. The grand Jury is sometimes called the “grand-inquest”
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Lat Destitute of counsel; without legal counsel. A term ap-plied to the acts or condition of one acting without legal advice, as a testator drafting his own will
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This Latin word (comnion-ly translated “meaning”) was the technical beginning of that clause in a declaration or indictment for slander or libel in which the meaning of the alleged libelous words was explained, or the application of the language charged to the plaintiff was pointed out. Hence it gave its name to the whole clause; and this usage is still retained, although an equivalent English word is now substituted. Thus, it may be charged that the defendant said “he (meaning the said plaintiff) is a perjurer.”
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In the civil lnw. In-officious; coutrary to natural duty or affec-tion. Used of a will of a parent which dis-inherited a child without just cause, or that of a child whicli disinherited a parent, nnd which could he contested hy querela inofflci-osi testament). Dig. 2, 5, 3, 13; Paulus, lib. 4, tit 5, | L
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So called be-cause anciently inhabited by such clerks as chiefly studied the framing of writs, which regularly belonged to the cursitors, who were officers of the court of chancery. There are nine of them,—Clement’s, Clifford’s, and Lyon’s Inn; Furnival’s, Thavies,’ and Sy-moud’s Inn; New Inn; and Barnard’s and Staples’ Inn. These were formerly preparatory colleges for students, and many entered them before they were admitted Into the Inns of court. They consist chlefly of sollcltors, and possess corporate property, hall, chambers, etc., but perform no publlc functions like the Inns of court wharton
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These are certaln private unincorporated associations, in the nature of collegiate houses, located iu Loudon
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In Scotch law. The ex-change of one obligation for another, so as to make the second obligation come in the place of the first, and be the only subslstlng obligation against the debtor. Bell. The same with “novatlon,” (q. v
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In old Engllsh law. To purge one of a fault and make him innocent
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