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Indigent
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IndigentNeedy or impoverished. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court-appointed attorney at public expense.
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Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Attorney
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
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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
Computation of time. An indiction contained a space of fifteen years.
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 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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Indicted
Practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted.
Indiction
Computation of time. An indiction contained a space of fifteen years.
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
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.
Indorse
To indorse. To write on the back. Bills of exchange and promissory notes are indorsed by the party writing his name on the back; writing one's name on the back of a writ, is to indorse such writ.
Indorsee
Contracts. The person in whose favor an indorsement is made.
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Defendant
A party who is sued in a personal action.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Attorney
A graduate of an accredited law school and member in good standing of the Bar Association. Only attorneys can give legal advice.
Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
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.
Indiction
Computation of time. An indiction contained a space of fifteen years.
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 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--------------------------------------
Indicted
Practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted.
Indiction
Computation of time. An indiction contained a space of fifteen years.
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
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.
Indorse
To indorse. To write on the back. Bills of exchange and promissory notes are indorsed by the party writing his name on the back; writing one's name on the back of a writ, is to indorse such writ.
Indorsee
Contracts. The person in whose favor an indorsement is made.
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