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Lat He himself; the same; the very person Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

He hlmself said it; a bare assertion resting on the authority of an in-dividual Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

An Involuntary act is that which is performed with constraint (q. v.) or with repugnance, or without the will to do it. […]

The minutest quantlty possible. Iota is the smallest Greek letter. The word “jot” is derived therefrom Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

See Ebbob Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. Being unwilling. Against or without the assent or consent Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The attribute of being secured agaiqst violation. The persons of ambassadors are inviolable Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the law of negligence, and with reference to trespasses on realty, invitation is the act of one who solicits or incites […]

The fact by means of which a right comes into existence Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A ceremony which ac-companied the grant of lands in the feudal ages, and consisted in the open and notorious delivery of possession […]

To make proof of a thing. Jacob Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To loan money upon securities of a more or less permanent nature, or to place it in business ventures or real estate, […]

A detailed list of articles of property; a llst or schedule of property, contalnlng a designation or description of each specific article; […]

LaL Found. Thesaurus inventus, treasure-trove. Non est inventus, [he] is not found Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In patent law. The act or operation of finding out something new; the process of contriving and producing some-thing not previously known […]

one who finds oat or contrives some new thing; one who devises some new art, manufacture, mechanical appliance, or process; one who […]

To find out something new; to devise, contrive, and produce something not previously known or existing, by the ex-ercise of independent investigation […]

In the civil Uw. Finding; one of the modes of acquiring title to property by occupancy. Heinecc. lib. 2, tit. 1, f […]

The inquisition of ser-jeanties and knights’ fees. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In the civil law. Things carried in and brought in. Articles brought into a hired tenement by the hirer or tenant, […]

Vain; Inadequate to its pur-pose; not of binding force or legal efficacy; lacking In authority or obligation. Hood v. Perry, 75 Ga. […]

An encroachment upon the rights of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder, webster. See J3t-na Ins. Co. v. […]

A pledge or mortgage Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

one who is under pledge; one wbo has had sureties or pledges given for him. Spelman Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

Use; user; service to the use or benefit of a person. Dickerson ▼. Colgrove, 100 U. S. 583, 25 L. Ed. 618 […]