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Investiture
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InvestitureEstates. The act of giving possession of lands by actual seisin. When livery of seisin was made to a person by the common law he was invested with the whole fee; this, the foreign feudists and sometimes 'our own law writers call investiture, but generally speaking, it is termed by the common law writers, the seisin of the fee.
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Possession
International law. By possession is meant a country which is held by no other title than mere conquest.
Actual
Real; actual.
Seisin
Estates. The possession of an estate of freebold.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Livery
English law. 1) The delivery of possession of lands to those tenants who hold of the king in capite, or knight's service. 2) Livery was also the name of a writ which lay for the heir of age, to obtain the possession of seisin of his lands at the king's hands. 3) It signifies, in the third place, the clothes given by a nobleman or gentleman to his servant.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Common
marriage law. a marriage in which no formal ceremony took place and no license exists.
Fee
1) Feudal law. An allotment of land in consideration of military service; land held of a superior, on condition of rendering him service, the ultimate property remaining in him. Oppossed to allodium. 2) An estate of inheritance - the highest and most extensive interest a man can have in a feud.
Foreign
That which belongs to another country; that which is strange.
Investiture
Estates. The act of giving possession of lands by actual seisin. When livery of seisin was made to a person by the common law he was invested with the whole fee; this, the foreign feudists and sometimes 'our own law writers call investiture, but generally speaking, it is termed by the common law writers, the seisin of the fee.
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Invention
A contrivance; a discovery. It is in this sense this word is used in the patent laws of the United States. It signifies not something which has been found ready made, but something which, in consequence of art or accident, has been formed; for the invention must relate of some new or useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, not before known or used by others. By invention, the civilians understand the finding of some things which had not been lost; they must either have abandoned, or they must have never belonged to any one, as a pearl found on the sea shore.
Inventiones
This word is used in some ancient English charters to signify treasure-trove.
Inventor
One who invents or finds out something.
Inventory
A list, schedule, or enumeration in writing, containing, article by article, the goods and chattels, rights and credits, and, in some cases, the lands and tenements, of a person or persons. In its most common acceptation, an inventory is a conservatory act, which is made to ascertain the situation of an intestate's estate, the estate of an insolvent, and the like, for the purpose of securing it to those entitled to it.
Inventory shrinkage
Theft of physical inventory.
Invest
To invest. 1) Contracts. To lay out money in such a manner that it may bring a revenue; as, to invest money in houses or stocks; to give possession. 2) This word, which occurs frequently in the canon law, comes from the Latin word investire, which signifies to clothe or adorn and is used, in that system of jurisprudence, synonymously with enfeoff.
Investigation
A structured gathering of Documentary Evidence and Testimony to solve a reported Fraud.
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Inventor
One who invents or finds out something.
Inventory
A list, schedule, or enumeration in writing, containing, article by article, the goods and chattels, rights and credits, and, in some cases, the lands and tenements, of a person or persons. In its most common acceptation, an inventory is a conservatory act, which is made to ascertain the situation of an intestate's estate, the estate of an insolvent, and the like, for the purpose of securing it to those entitled to it.
Inventory shrinkage
Theft of physical inventory.
Invest
To invest. 1) Contracts. To lay out money in such a manner that it may bring a revenue; as, to invest money in houses or stocks; to give possession. 2) This word, which occurs frequently in the canon law, comes from the Latin word investire, which signifies to clothe or adorn and is used, in that system of jurisprudence, synonymously with enfeoff.
Investigation
A structured gathering of Documentary Evidence and Testimony to solve a reported Fraud.
Investiture
Inviolability
That which is not to be violated. The persons of ambassadors are inviolable.
Invito domino
Criminal law. Without the consent of the owner.
Invoice
Commerce. An account of goods or merchandise sent by merchants to their correspondents at home or abroad, in which the marks of each package, with other particulars, are set forth. An invoice ought to contain a detailed statement, which should indicate the nature, quantity, quality, and price of the things sold, deposited
Invoice book
Commerce, accounts. One in which invoices are copied.
Involuntary
An involuntary act is that which is performed with constraint or with repugnance, or without the will to do it. An action is involuntary then, which is performed under duress.
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Possession
International law. By possession is meant a country which is held by no other title than mere conquest.
Actual
Real; actual.
Seisin
Estates. The possession of an estate of freebold.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Livery
English law. 1) The delivery of possession of lands to those tenants who hold of the king in capite, or knight's service. 2) Livery was also the name of a writ which lay for the heir of age, to obtain the possession of seisin of his lands at the king's hands. 3) It signifies, in the third place, the clothes given by a nobleman or gentleman to his servant.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Common
marriage law. a marriage in which no formal ceremony took place and no license exists.
Fee
1) Feudal law. An allotment of land in consideration of military service; land held of a superior, on condition of rendering him service, the ultimate property remaining in him. Oppossed to allodium. 2) An estate of inheritance - the highest and most extensive interest a man can have in a feud.
Foreign
That which belongs to another country; that which is strange.
Investiture
Estates. The act of giving possession of lands by actual seisin. When livery of seisin was made to a person by the common law he was invested with the whole fee; this, the foreign feudists and sometimes 'our own law writers call investiture, but generally speaking, it is termed by the common law writers, the seisin of the fee.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Invention
A contrivance; a discovery. It is in this sense this word is used in the patent laws of the United States. It signifies not something which has been found ready made, but something which, in consequence of art or accident, has been formed; for the invention must relate of some new or useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, not before known or used by others. By invention, the civilians understand the finding of some things which had not been lost; they must either have abandoned, or they must have never belonged to any one, as a pearl found on the sea shore.
Inventiones
This word is used in some ancient English charters to signify treasure-trove.
Inventor
One who invents or finds out something.
Inventory
A list, schedule, or enumeration in writing, containing, article by article, the goods and chattels, rights and credits, and, in some cases, the lands and tenements, of a person or persons. In its most common acceptation, an inventory is a conservatory act, which is made to ascertain the situation of an intestate's estate, the estate of an insolvent, and the like, for the purpose of securing it to those entitled to it.
Inventory shrinkage
Theft of physical inventory.
Invest
To invest. 1) Contracts. To lay out money in such a manner that it may bring a revenue; as, to invest money in houses or stocks; to give possession. 2) This word, which occurs frequently in the canon law, comes from the Latin word investire, which signifies to clothe or adorn and is used, in that system of jurisprudence, synonymously with enfeoff.
Investigation
A structured gathering of Documentary Evidence and Testimony to solve a reported Fraud.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Inventor
One who invents or finds out something.
Inventory
A list, schedule, or enumeration in writing, containing, article by article, the goods and chattels, rights and credits, and, in some cases, the lands and tenements, of a person or persons. In its most common acceptation, an inventory is a conservatory act, which is made to ascertain the situation of an intestate's estate, the estate of an insolvent, and the like, for the purpose of securing it to those entitled to it.
Inventory shrinkage
Theft of physical inventory.
Invest
To invest. 1) Contracts. To lay out money in such a manner that it may bring a revenue; as, to invest money in houses or stocks; to give possession. 2) This word, which occurs frequently in the canon law, comes from the Latin word investire, which signifies to clothe or adorn and is used, in that system of jurisprudence, synonymously with enfeoff.
Investigation
A structured gathering of Documentary Evidence and Testimony to solve a reported Fraud.
Investiture
Inviolability
That which is not to be violated. The persons of ambassadors are inviolable.
Invito domino
Criminal law. Without the consent of the owner.
Invoice
Commerce. An account of goods or merchandise sent by merchants to their correspondents at home or abroad, in which the marks of each package, with other particulars, are set forth. An invoice ought to contain a detailed statement, which should indicate the nature, quantity, quality, and price of the things sold, deposited
Invoice book
Commerce, accounts. One in which invoices are copied.
Involuntary
An involuntary act is that which is performed with constraint or with repugnance, or without the will to do it. An action is involuntary then, which is performed under duress.
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