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Involuntary
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InvoluntaryAn 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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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.
Constraint
It is a general rule, that when one is compelled into a contract, there is no effectual consent, thougb, ostensibly, there is the form of it. In such case the contract will be declared void.
Without
Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause.
Will
A will is a legal document in which a person directs how his property is to be distributed after his death. Such documents must be executed in due form and must be duly witnessed.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Duress
Where a person is prevented from acting (or not acting) according to their free will, by threats or force of another, it is said to be "under duress". Contracts signed under duress are voidable and, in may places, you cannot be convicted of a crime if you can prove that you were forced or threatened into committing the crime (although this defence may not be available for serious crimes).
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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 bankruptcy
A proceeding initiated by creditors requesting the bankruptcy court to place a debtor in liquidation.
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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.
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
Involuntary bankruptcy
A proceeding initiated by creditors requesting the bankruptcy court to place a debtor in liquidation.
Iou
Greek hypothesis, a placing under; supposition. "I owe you". A popular designation of a due-bill or memorandum of debt. Consist's of those letters, a sum of money, and the debtor's signature. As it contains no direct promise to pay, it is not a promissory note, but a mere acknowledgment of indebtedness.
Ipse
He, himself; the very man.
Ipsissima verba
(United Kingdom) The very words of a speaker.
Ipso facto
By the fact itself. This phrase is frequently employed to convey the idea that something which has been done contrary to law is void.
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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.
Constraint
It is a general rule, that when one is compelled into a contract, there is no effectual consent, thougb, ostensibly, there is the form of it. In such case the contract will be declared void.
Without
Pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying "and not for;" accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause.
Will
A will is a legal document in which a person directs how his property is to be distributed after his death. Such documents must be executed in due form and must be duly witnessed.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Duress
Where a person is prevented from acting (or not acting) according to their free will, by threats or force of another, it is said to be "under duress". Contracts signed under duress are voidable and, in may places, you cannot be convicted of a crime if you can prove that you were forced or threatened into committing the crime (although this defence may not be available for serious crimes).
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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 bankruptcy
A proceeding initiated by creditors requesting the bankruptcy court to place a debtor in liquidation.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
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.
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
Involuntary bankruptcy
A proceeding initiated by creditors requesting the bankruptcy court to place a debtor in liquidation.
Iou
Greek hypothesis, a placing under; supposition. "I owe you". A popular designation of a due-bill or memorandum of debt. Consist's of those letters, a sum of money, and the debtor's signature. As it contains no direct promise to pay, it is not a promissory note, but a mere acknowledgment of indebtedness.
Ipse
He, himself; the very man.
Ipsissima verba
(United Kingdom) The very words of a speaker.
Ipso facto
By the fact itself. This phrase is frequently employed to convey the idea that something which has been done contrary to law is void.
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