He hlmself said it; a bare assertion resting on the authority of an in-dividual
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An Involuntary act is that which is performed with constraint (q. v.) or with repugnance, or without the will to do it. An action is involuntary, then, which Ib performed under duress, wolff Inst. Nat. § 5
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The minutest quantlty possible. Iota is the smallest Greek letter. The word “jot” is derived therefrom
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Lat. Being unwilling. Against or without the assent or consent
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The attribute of being secured agaiqst violation. The persons of ambassadors are inviolable
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In the law of negligence, and with reference to trespasses on realty, invitation is the act of one who solicits or incites others to enter upon, remain in, or make use of, his property or structures thereon, or who so arranges the proiierty or the means of access to it or of transit over it as to Induce the reasonable belief that he expects and intends that others shall come upon it or pass over it. See Sweeney v. old Colony & N. R. Oo.? 10 Allen (Mass.) 373, 87 Am. Dec. 644; wilson v. New York, N. H. & H. R. Co., 18 R. I. 491, 29 Atl. 258; wright ▼. Boston & A. R. Co., 142 Mass. 300, 7 N. E. 866
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The fact by means of which a right comes into existence
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A ceremony which ac-companied the grant of lands in the feudal ages, and consisted in the open and notorious delivery of possession in the presence of the other vassals, which perpetuated among them the ara of their new acquisition at the time when the art of writing was very little known; and thus the evidence of the property was reposed in the memory of the neigh* borhood, who, in case of disputed title, were afterwards called upon to decide upon lt. Brown
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To loan money upon securities of a more or less permanent nature, or to place it in business ventures or real estate, or otherwise lay it out, so that it may pro-duce a revenue or Income. Drake v. Crane, 127 Mo. 85, 29 S. W. 990, 27 L. R. A. 653; Stramann v. Scheeren, 7 Colo. App. 1, 42 Pac. 191; Una v. Dodd, 89 N. J. Eq. 188
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A detailed list of articles of property; a llst or schedule of property, contalnlng a designation or description of each specific article; an itemized list of the various articles constituting a collection, es-tate, stock in trade, etc., with their estimated or actual values. In law, the term is par-ticularly applied to such a list made hy an executor, administrator, or assignee in bank-ruptcy. See Silver Bow Min. Co. v. Lowry, 5 Mont. 618, 6 Pac. 62; Lloyd v. wyckoff, 11 N. J. Law, 224; Roberts, etc., Co. v. Sun Mut L. Ins. Co., 19 Tex. Clv. App. 838, 48 S. W. 559; Southern F. Ins. Co. ▼. Knight, Ul Ga. 622, 36 S. E. 821, 52 L. R. A. 70, 78 Am. St Rep. 216
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LaL Found. Thesaurus inventus, treasure-trove. Non est inventus, [he] is not found
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In patent law. The act or operation of finding out something new; the process of contriving and producing some-thing not previously known or existing, by the exercise of independent investigation and experiment Also the article or contrlv-ance or composition so Invented. See Lei-dersdorf v. Flint, 15 Fed. Cas. 260; Smith v. Nichols, 21 wall. 118, 22 L. Ed. 566; Hol-lister v. Manufacturlng Co., 113 U. S. 72, 5 Sup. Ct 717, 28 L. Ed. 901; Murphy Mfg. Co. v. Excelsior Car Roof Co. (C. C.) 70 Fed. 495
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one who finds oat or contrives some new thing; one who devises some new art, manufacture, mechanical appliance, or process; one who invents a patentable con-trivance. See Sparkman v. Higgins, 22 Fed. Cas. 879; Henderson ▼. Tompkins (C. C.) 60 Fed. 764
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To find out something new; to devise, contrive, and produce something not previously known or existing, by the ex-ercise of independent investigation and ex-periment; particularly applied to machines, mechanical appliances, compositions, and pat-entable inventions of every sort
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In the civil Uw. Finding; one of the modes of acquiring title to property by occupancy. Heinecc. lib. 2, tit. 1, f 350
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The inquisition of ser-jeanties and knights’ fees. Cowell
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Lat. In the civil law. Things carried in and brought in. Articles brought into a hired tenement by the hirer or tenant, and which became or were pledged to the lessor as security for the rent Dig. 2. 14, 4, pr. The phrase is adopted in Scotch law. See Bell
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Vain; Inadequate to its pur-pose; not of binding force or legal efficacy; lacking In authority or obligation. Hood v. Perry, 75 Ga. 312; State v. Casteel, 110 Ind. 174, 11 N. E. 219; Mutual Ben. L. Ins. Co. v. winne, 20 Mont 20, 49 Pac. 446
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An encroachment upon the rights of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder, webster. See J3t-na Ins. Co. v. Boon, 95 U. S. 129, 24 L. Ed. 395
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one who is under pledge; one wbo has had sureties or pledges given for him. Spelman
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Use; user; service to the use or benefit of a person. Dickerson ▼. Colgrove, 100 U. S. 583, 25 L. Ed. 618
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