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Indiction
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IndictionComputation of time. An indiction contained a space of fifteen years.
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Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
Indiction
Computation of time. An indiction contained a space of fifteen years.
Years
Estate for years.
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Indian tribe
A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States.
Indians
The aborigines of this country are so called.
Indicia
Civil law. Signs, marks. This term is very nearly synonymous with the common law phrase, "circumstantial evidence." It was used to designate the facts giving rise to the indirect inference, rather than the inference itself.
Indictable offence
An offence which, in Canada, is more serious than those which can proceed by summary conviction. This is the Canadian equivalent to the USA "felony". Murder and treason are examples of crimes committed in Canada which would be indictable offences. These crimes are usually tried by federally-appointed judges and carry heavy sentences.
Indicted
Practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted.
Indictment
Criminal law, practice. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, presented to, and preferred upon oath or affirmation, by a grand jury legally convoked.
Indictor
He who causes another to be indicted. The latter is sometimes called the indictee.
Indifferent
To have no bias nor partiality. A juror, an arbitrator, and a witness, ought to be indifferent, and when they are not so, they may be challenged.
Indigent
Needy or impoverished. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court-appointed attorney at public expense.
Indigent Inmate
In the US penitentiary jargon, inmates shall be deemed indigent if their account balance is $2.00 or less.
Indirect evidence
That proof which does not prove the fact in question, but proves another, the certainty of which may lead to the discovery of the truth of the one sought.
Indivisible
That which cannot be separated.
Indivisum
That which two or more persons hold in common without partition; undivided.
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Indian tribe
A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States.
Indians
The aborigines of this country are so called.
Indicia
Civil law. Signs, marks. This term is very nearly synonymous with the common law phrase, "circumstantial evidence." It was used to designate the facts giving rise to the indirect inference, rather than the inference itself.
Indictable offence
An offence which, in Canada, is more serious than those which can proceed by summary conviction. This is the Canadian equivalent to the USA "felony". Murder and treason are examples of crimes committed in Canada which would be indictable offences. These crimes are usually tried by federally-appointed judges and carry heavy sentences.
Indicted
Practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted.
Indiction
Indictment
Criminal law, practice. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, presented to, and preferred upon oath or affirmation, by a grand jury legally convoked.
Indictor
He who causes another to be indicted. The latter is sometimes called the indictee.
Indifferent
To have no bias nor partiality. A juror, an arbitrator, and a witness, ought to be indifferent, and when they are not so, they may be challenged.
Indigent
Needy or impoverished. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court-appointed attorney at public expense.
Indirect evidence
That proof which does not prove the fact in question, but proves another, the certainty of which may lead to the discovery of the truth of the one sought.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
Indiction
Computation of time. An indiction contained a space of fifteen years.
Years
Estate for years.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Indian tribe
A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States.
Indians
The aborigines of this country are so called.
Indicia
Civil law. Signs, marks. This term is very nearly synonymous with the common law phrase, "circumstantial evidence." It was used to designate the facts giving rise to the indirect inference, rather than the inference itself.
Indictable offence
An offence which, in Canada, is more serious than those which can proceed by summary conviction. This is the Canadian equivalent to the USA "felony". Murder and treason are examples of crimes committed in Canada which would be indictable offences. These crimes are usually tried by federally-appointed judges and carry heavy sentences.
Indicted
Practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted.
Indictment
Criminal law, practice. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, presented to, and preferred upon oath or affirmation, by a grand jury legally convoked.
Indictor
He who causes another to be indicted. The latter is sometimes called the indictee.
Indifferent
To have no bias nor partiality. A juror, an arbitrator, and a witness, ought to be indifferent, and when they are not so, they may be challenged.
Indigent
Needy or impoverished. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court-appointed attorney at public expense.
Indigent Inmate
In the US penitentiary jargon, inmates shall be deemed indigent if their account balance is $2.00 or less.
Indirect evidence
That proof which does not prove the fact in question, but proves another, the certainty of which may lead to the discovery of the truth of the one sought.
Indivisible
That which cannot be separated.
Indivisum
That which two or more persons hold in common without partition; undivided.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Indian tribe
A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States.
Indians
The aborigines of this country are so called.
Indicia
Civil law. Signs, marks. This term is very nearly synonymous with the common law phrase, "circumstantial evidence." It was used to designate the facts giving rise to the indirect inference, rather than the inference itself.
Indictable offence
An offence which, in Canada, is more serious than those which can proceed by summary conviction. This is the Canadian equivalent to the USA "felony". Murder and treason are examples of crimes committed in Canada which would be indictable offences. These crimes are usually tried by federally-appointed judges and carry heavy sentences.
Indicted
Practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted.
Indiction
Indictment
Criminal law, practice. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, presented to, and preferred upon oath or affirmation, by a grand jury legally convoked.
Indictor
He who causes another to be indicted. The latter is sometimes called the indictee.
Indifferent
To have no bias nor partiality. A juror, an arbitrator, and a witness, ought to be indifferent, and when they are not so, they may be challenged.
Indigent
Needy or impoverished. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court-appointed attorney at public expense.
Indirect evidence
That proof which does not prove the fact in question, but proves another, the certainty of which may lead to the discovery of the truth of the one sought.
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