Legal Terms- I

Question 1

I.E. (id est)

Answer 1

That is.

Question 2

IB., or IBID. (ibidem)

Answer 2

In the same place; used to refer to a legal reference previously cited to avoid repeating the entire citation.

Question 3

ILLICIT

Answer 3

Prohibited; unlawful.

Question 4

ILLUSORY

Answer 4

Deceiving by false appearance.

Question 5

IMMUNITY

Answer 5

Exemption.

Question 6

IMPEACH

Answer 6

To accuse, to dispute.

Question 7

IMPEDIMENTS

Answer 7

Disabilities, or hindrances.

Question 8

IMPLEAD

Answer 8

To sue or prosecute by due course of law.

Question 9

IMPUTED

Answer 9

Attributed or charged to.

Question 10

IN LOCO PARENTIS

Answer 10

In place of parent, a guardian.

Question 11

IN TOTO

Answer 11

In the whole; completely.

Question 12

INCHOATE

Answer 12

Imperfect; unfinished.

Question 13

INCOMMUNICADO

Answer 13

Denial of the right of a prisoner to communicate with friends or relatives.

Question 14

INCOMPETENT

Answer 14

One who is incapable of caring for his own affairs because he is mentally deficient or undeveloped.

Question 15

INCRIMINATION

Answer 15

A matter will incriminate a person if it constitutes or forms an essential part of, or, taken in connection with other matters disclosed, is a basis for a reasonable inference of such a violation of the laws of this State as to subject him to liability to punishment therefor, unless he has become for any reason permanently immune from punishment from such violation.

Question 16

INCUMBRANCE

Answer 16

Generally a claim, lien, charge or liability attached to and binding real property.

Question 17

INDEMNIFY

Answer 17

To secure against loss or damage; also, to make reimbursement to one for a loss already incurred by him.

Question 18

INDEMNITY

Answer 18

An agreement to reimburse another person in case of an anticipated loss falling upon him.

Question 19

INDICIA

Answer 19

Signs; indications.

Question 20

INDICTMENT

Answer 20

An accusation in writing found and presented by a grand jury charging that a person has committed a crime.

Question 21

INDORSE

Answer 21

To write a name on the back of a legal paper or document, generally a negotiable instrument.

Question 22

INDUCEMENT

Answer 22

Cause or reason why a thing is done or that which incites the person to do the act or commit a crime; the motive for the criminal act.

Question 23

INFANT

Answer 23

In civil cases one under 21 years of age.

Question 24

INFORMATION

Answer 24

A formal accusation of crime made by a prosecuting attorney.

Question 25

INFRA

Answer 25

Below, under; this word occurring by itself in a publication refers the reader to a future part of the publication.

Question 26

INGRESS

Answer 26

The act of going to.

Question 27

INJUNCTION

Answer 27

A writ of order by the court requiring a person, generally to do or to refrain from doing an act.

Question 28

INSOLVENT

Answer 28

The condition of a person who is unable to pay his debts.

Question 29

INSTRUCTION

Answer 29

A direction given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case.

Question 30

INTERIM

Answer 30

In the meantime; time intervening.

Question 31

INTERLOCUTARY

Answer 31

Temporary, not final; something intervening between the commencement and the end of a suit which decides some point or matter but is not a final decision in the whole controversy.

Question 32

INTERROGATORIES

Answer 32

A series of formal written questions used in the examination of a party or a witness usually prior to a trial.

Question 33

INTESTATE

Answer 33

A person who dies without a will.

Question 34

INURE

Answer 34

To result, to take effect.

Question 35

IPSO FACTO

Answer 35

By the fact itself; by the mere fact.

Question 36

ISSUE (n.)

Answer 36

The disputed point or question in a case.