Evidence which is not only found credible, but is of such weight and directness as to make ont the facts alleged beyond a doubt. Hart v. Carroll, 85 Pa. 511; Jermyn v. McClure, 195 Pa. 245, 45 Atl. 938
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The persou to whom a bill of exchange, promissory note, bill of lad-Ing, etc., is assijned by indorsement, giving him a right to sue thereon
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The act of a payee, drawee, accommodation Indorser, or holder . of a bill, note, check, or other negotiable to-strnment, in writing his name upon the back of the same, with or without further or qual-ifying words, whereby the property In the same is assigned and transferred to another
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Lat. That which two or more persons hold in common without par-tition; undivided.
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In old Scotch law. In-dorsed. 2 Pitc. Crim. Tr. 41
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Not susceptlbie of dl-vision or apportionment; inseparable; eh
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L. Fr. In old English law. A person indicted. Mirr. c. 1, J 3; 9 Coke, pref
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As a noun, this term de-notes a single person as distinguished from a group or class, and also, very commonly, a private or natural person as distinguished from a partnership, corporation, or associa-tion; but it is said that this restrictive slgni-flcation is not necessarily Inherent in the word, and that it may, in proper cases, in-clude artificial persons. See Bank of U. 8. v. State, 12 Smedes & M. (Miss.) 460; State v. Bell Telephone Co., 36 ohio St 310, 38 Am. Rep. 583; Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Canal Com’rs, 21 Pa. 20. As an adjective, “Indivld-ual” means pertaining or belonging to, or characteristic of, one single person, either in opposition to a firm, association, or corpora-tion, or considered in his relation thereto
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That which cannot be spared, omitted, or dispensed with
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In the law of divorce, a specles of cruelty addressed to the mind, sen-slbllities, self-respect, or personal honor of the subject, rather than to tlie body, aud de-flned as “unmerited contemptuous conduct towards another; any action towards au-other which manifests contempt for him; contumely, incivility, or injury accompanied with insult.” Coble v. Coble. 55 N. C. 395; Erwin v. Erwin, 57 N. C. 84; Hooper v. Hooi>er, 19 Mo. 357; Goodman v. Goodman, 80 Mo. App. 281; 1 Bish. Mar. & Div. 8 826. Bat the phrase “indignities to the person,” as used in statutes, has reference to bodily indignities, as distinguished from Ruch as may be offered to the mind, sensibilities, or
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A term almost always used in law in opposition to “direct,” though not the only antithesis of the latter word, as the terms “collateral” and “cross” are sometimes used in contrast with “direct”
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In old English law. A sub-ject born; one born withln the realm, or naturalized by act of parliament Co. Litt 8a. The opposite of “al/cnigena,” (q. v
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In a general sense an “in-digent” person is one who Is’needy and poor, or one who has not suflicient property to fur-nlsh him a living nor any one able to support him and to whom he is entitled to look for support. See Storrs Agricultural School v. Whitney, 54 Conn. 342, 8 Atl. 141; Juneau County v. wood County, 109 wis. 330, 85 N. W. 387; City of Lynchburg v. Slaughter, 75 Va. 62. The laws of some of the states dis-tinguish between “panpers” and “indigent persons,” the latter heing persons who have no property or source of Income sufficient for their support aside from their own labor, though self-supporting when able to work ahd in employment. See In re Hybart, 119 N. C. 359, 25 S. E. 963; People v. Schoharie County, 121 N. Y. 345, 24 N. E. 830; Rev. St Mo. 1899, { 4894 (Am. SL 1906, p. 2616
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An indictment is an ac-cusation in writing found and presented by a grand jury, legally convoked and sworn, to the court in which it is impaneled, charg-ing that a person therein named has done some act, or been guilty of some omission, which, by law, is a publlc offense, punishable on indictment. Code Iowa 1880, | 4295; Pen. Code Cal. 8 917; Code Ala. 1886, | 4364. And see Grin v. Shine, 187 U. 8. 181, 23 Sup. Ct 98, 47 L. Ed. 130; State v. walker, 32 N. G 236; Ex parte Hart, 63 Fed. 259, 11 C. C. A. 165, 28 L. R. A. 801; Ex parte Bain, 121 U. S. 1, 7 Sup. Ct 781, 30 L. Ed. 849; Ex parte Slater, 72 Mo. 102; Finley v. State, 61 Ala. 201
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Impartial; unbiased; disinterested. People v. Vermllyea, 7 Cow. (N. Y.) 122; Fox v. Hills, 1 Conn. 307
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In old public law. A declaration; a proclamation. Indictio belli, a declaration or lndiction of war. An indict-ment
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A mode of computing time by the space of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine the Great; origl-nally the period for the payment of certain taxes. Some of the charters of King Edgar and Henry III. are dated by lndictlons. wharton
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Charged in an indictment with a criminal offense. See Indictment
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Proper or necessary to be prosecuted by process of indictment
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Signs; indications. Circum-stances which point to the existence of a
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In the civil law. A slgn or mark. A species of proof, answering very nearly to the circumstantial evidence of the common law. Best, Pres. p. 13, | 11, note; wills, Circ. Ev. 34
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