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The state of being in debt, without regard to the ability or ina-hility of the party to pay the same. See 1 […]

Lat Indebted. Nun-quam indebitatus, never indebted. The title of the plea substituted in England for nil debet Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

Lat in the civ-il and Scotch law. A payment of what is not due. when made through lgnorance or by mistake, the […]

L. Lat The 11a-bility to a fine, penalty, or amercement. CowelL Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat Thence; thenceforth; there* of; thereupon; for that cause Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The holder of an incumbrance, e. g., a mortgage, on the estate of another. De Voe v. Rundle, 33 wash. 604, 74 […]

Men contract debts; they incur liabilities. In the one case, they act attirma-tlvely; in the other, the liability is incurred or cast […]

Any right to, or ln-terest in, land which may subsist in third persons, to the diminution of the value of the es-tate […]

467; Huyck v. Andrews, 118 N. Y. 81, 20 N. E. 581, 3 L. R. A. 789, 10 Am. St. Rep. 432; […]

A person who is in pres-ent possession of an office; one who is le-gally authorized to discharge the duties of an office. […]

ER. To Incumber land is to piake it subject to a charge or liability; e. g., by mortgaging it Incumbrances include not […]

To Impute blame or guilt; to accuse; to involve in guilt or crime Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the law of evidence. Going or tending to establish guilt; Intended to establish guilt; criminative. Burrill, Circ. Ev. 251, 252 Source: […]

To charge with crime; to expose to an accusation or charge of crime; to involve oneself or another in a criminal prosecution […]

An unlawful gaining upon the right or possession of another. See Encboackment Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

E. (1) The produce of land; (SO the offspring of animals Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. Increase or im-provement, opposed to decrementum or abatement Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

without body; not of material nature; the opposite of “corporeal,” (q. v Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A species of rogue or offender, described in the statutes 5 Geo. IV. c. 83, and 1 & 2 Vlct c. 38. […]

1. To create a corpo-ration; to confer a corporate franchise upon determinate persons Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

1. The act or pro-cess of forming or creating a corporation; the formation of a legal or political body, with the quality […]

A proctor or vicar Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

we incorporate, one of the words by which a corporation may be created in England. 1 Bl. Comm. 473; 8 Steph. Comm. […]

want of chastity; ln-dulgence in unlawful carnal connection. Lucas v. Nichols, 52 N. C. 35; State v. IIewlin, 128 N. C. 571, […]

In the rule that statutes should he so. construed as to avoid Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)