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Infanticide
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InfanticideMurder of an infant soon after its birth.
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Murder
"1) Pleadings. In an indictment for murder, it must be charged that the prisoner ""did kill and murder"" the deceased, and unless the word murder be introduced into the charge, the indictment will be taken to charge manslaughter only. Foster, 424; Yelv. 205; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, *243, and the authorities and cases there cited.
Infant
Persons. One under the age of twenty-one years.
Birth
The act of being wholly brought into the world. The whole body must be detached from that of the mother, in order to make the birth complete.
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Infamis
Among the Romans was of a general rule, and not by virtue of an arbitrary decision of the censors, lost his political rights, but preserved his civil rights.
Infancy
1) Criminal law, evidence. That state which is produced by the conviction of crime and the loss of honor, which renders the infamous person incompetent as a witness. 2) The state or condition of a person under tho age of twenty-one years.
Infant
Persons. One under the age of twenty-one years.
Infasticide
Medical juris. The murder of a new born infant.
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Ineligibility
The incapacity to be lawfully elected.
Inevitable accident
A term used in the civil law, nearly synonymous with fortuitous. event. In the common law commonly called the ad of God.
Infamis
Among the Romans was of a general rule, and not by virtue of an arbitrary decision of the censors, lost his political rights, but preserved his civil rights.
Infancy
1) Criminal law, evidence. That state which is produced by the conviction of crime and the loss of honor, which renders the infamous person incompetent as a witness. 2) The state or condition of a person under tho age of twenty-one years.
Infant
Persons. One under the age of twenty-one years.
Infanticide
Infasticide
Medical juris. The murder of a new born infant.
Infeoffment
Estates. The act or instrument of feoffment. In Scotland it is synonymous with saisine, meaning the instrument of possession; formerly it was synonymous with investiture.
Inference
1) A conclusion drawn by reason from premises established by proof. 2) It is the province of the judge who is to decide upon the facts to draw the inference. When the facts are submitted to the court, the judges draw the inference; when they are to be ascertained by a jury, it is their duty to do so. The witness is not permitted as a general rule to draw an inference, and testify that to the court or jury. It is his duty to state the facts simply as they occurred.
Inferior
One who in relation to another has less power and is below him; one who is bound to obey another. He who makes the law is the superior; he who is bound to obey it, the inferior.
Inferior courts
By this term are understood all courts except the supreme courts. An inferior court is a court of limited jurisdiction, and it must appear on the face of its proceedings tliat it has jurisdiction, or its proceedings. will be void.
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Murder
"1) Pleadings. In an indictment for murder, it must be charged that the prisoner ""did kill and murder"" the deceased, and unless the word murder be introduced into the charge, the indictment will be taken to charge manslaughter only. Foster, 424; Yelv. 205; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, *243, and the authorities and cases there cited.
Infant
Persons. One under the age of twenty-one years.
Birth
The act of being wholly brought into the world. The whole body must be detached from that of the mother, in order to make the birth complete.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Infamis
Among the Romans was of a general rule, and not by virtue of an arbitrary decision of the censors, lost his political rights, but preserved his civil rights.
Infancy
1) Criminal law, evidence. That state which is produced by the conviction of crime and the loss of honor, which renders the infamous person incompetent as a witness. 2) The state or condition of a person under tho age of twenty-one years.
Infant
Persons. One under the age of twenty-one years.
Infasticide
Medical juris. The murder of a new born infant.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Ineligibility
The incapacity to be lawfully elected.
Inevitable accident
A term used in the civil law, nearly synonymous with fortuitous. event. In the common law commonly called the ad of God.
Infamis
Among the Romans was of a general rule, and not by virtue of an arbitrary decision of the censors, lost his political rights, but preserved his civil rights.
Infancy
1) Criminal law, evidence. That state which is produced by the conviction of crime and the loss of honor, which renders the infamous person incompetent as a witness. 2) The state or condition of a person under tho age of twenty-one years.
Infant
Persons. One under the age of twenty-one years.
Infanticide
Infasticide
Medical juris. The murder of a new born infant.
Infeoffment
Estates. The act or instrument of feoffment. In Scotland it is synonymous with saisine, meaning the instrument of possession; formerly it was synonymous with investiture.
Inference
1) A conclusion drawn by reason from premises established by proof. 2) It is the province of the judge who is to decide upon the facts to draw the inference. When the facts are submitted to the court, the judges draw the inference; when they are to be ascertained by a jury, it is their duty to do so. The witness is not permitted as a general rule to draw an inference, and testify that to the court or jury. It is his duty to state the facts simply as they occurred.
Inferior
One who in relation to another has less power and is below him; one who is bound to obey another. He who makes the law is the superior; he who is bound to obey it, the inferior.
Inferior courts
By this term are understood all courts except the supreme courts. An inferior court is a court of limited jurisdiction, and it must appear on the face of its proceedings tliat it has jurisdiction, or its proceedings. will be void.
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