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Innocence
InnocenceThe absence of guilt. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Guilt Criminal law. That quality which renders criminal and liable to punishment; or it is that disposition to violate the law, which has manifested itself by some act already done. The opposite of innocence. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Innocent conveyances This term is used in England, technically, to signify those conveyances made by a tenant of his leasehold, which do not occasion a forfeiture these are conveyances by lease and release, bargain and sale, and a covenant to stand seised by a tenant for life. Innominate contracts Civil law. Contracts which have no particular names, as permutation and transaction, are so called. Innotescimus English law. An epithet used for letters-patent, which are always of a charter of feoffment, or some other instrument not of record, concluding with the words Innotescimus per praesentes. Innovation Scotch law. The exchange of one obligation for another, so that the second shall come in the place of the first. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Inmate One who dwells in a part of another's house, the latter dwelling, at the same time, in the said house. Inn A house where a traveller is furnished with every thing he has occasion for while on his way. Innavigable Not capable of being navigated. Innings Estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Innkeeper He is defined to be the keeper of a common inn for the lodging and entertainment of travellers and passengers, their horses and attendants, for a reasonable compensation. Innocence Innocent conveyances This term is used in England, technically, to signify those conveyances made by a tenant of his leasehold, which do not occasion a forfeiture these are conveyances by lease and release, bargain and sale, and a covenant to stand seised by a tenant for life. Innominate contracts Civil law. Contracts which have no particular names, as permutation and transaction, are so called. Innotescimus English law. An epithet used for letters-patent, which are always of a charter of feoffment, or some other instrument not of record, concluding with the words Innotescimus per praesentes. Innovation Scotch law. The exchange of one obligation for another, so that the second shall come in the place of the first. Inns of court English law. 1) The name given to the colleges of the English professors and students of the common law. 2) The four principal Inns of Court are the Inner Temple and Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Innocence. If you have a better definition for Innocence than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Innocence may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Innocence and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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