The initial letter of the word “Insti- tuta,” used by some civilians in citing theInstitutes of Justinian. Tayl. Civil Law, 24.

An abbreviation for “id est,” that is; that is to say.

In mercantile law ( Transferable quality. That quality of bills of exchange and promissory notes which renders them transferable from one person to another, and from possessing which they are […]

A memorandum of debt, consisting of these letters, (“I owe you,”) a sum ofmoney, and the debtor’s signature, is termed an “I O U.” Kinney v. Flynn, 2 R. I. […]

An abbreviation for “Law Reports.”

In old English law . The season for sowing winter corn. Also spelled”hibernagium” and ” hybernagium .”Ibi temper debet fieri triatio ubi jura- tores meliorem possunt habere notitiam.7 Coke, 16. […]

a Latin word that means the same.

Lat. In the same place; in the same book ; on the same page, etc. Abbreviatedto “ibid.” or “ib.”

The ancient name for the people of Sutfolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, andHuntingdonshire, in England.

An image, figure, or representation of a thing. Du Cange.

An abbreviation for “juriscon- sultus,” one learned in the law; a jurisconsult

Lat That is. Commonly abbreviated “i. e.”Id perfectum est quod ez omnibus suia partibus constat. That is perfect whichconsists of all its parts. 9 Coke, 9.Id possumus quod de jure […]

Lat The same. According to Lord Coke, “idem” has two significations, sc.,idem syllabis seu verbis, (the same in syllables or words,) and idem re et scnsu, (thesame in substance and […]

The same for the same. An illustration of a kind that really adds no additional element to the consideration of the question.Idem semper antecedent! proximo refertur. Co. Litt. G85. “The […]

Sounding the same or alike; having the same sound. A term applied to names which are substantially the same, though slightly varied in the spelling, as”Lawrence” and “Lawronce,” and the […]

the word used to describe a thing that is the same as something else in all respects.

Proof of identity; the proving that a person, subject, or article before the court is the very same that he or it is alleged, charged, or reputed to be; as […]

In English law . An ancient writ (now obsolete) which lay forone taken and arrested in any personal action , and committed to prison, by mistake foranother man of the […]

In the law of evidence .Sameness; the fact that a subject, person, or thing before a court is the same as it isrepresented, claimed, or charged to be. See Burrill, […]

Deliberately obtaining and taking away someone else’s personal information for criminal intentions.

Lat Therefore. Calvin.

Lat. Therefore it is considered. These were the words used at the beginning of the entry ofjudgment in an action, when the forms were in I/atin. They are also used […]

A division of time among the Romans. In March, May, July, and October, theIdes were on the 15th of the month ; in the remaining months, on the 13th. Thismethod […]

Gracco-Lat. In the civil law . An instrument privately executed, asdistinguished from such as were executed before a public officer. Cod. 8, 18, 11; Calvin.

A person who has been without understanding from his nativity, and whomthe law, therefore, presumes never likely to attain any. Shelf. Lun. 2. See INSANITY.