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Graveyard

is permitted to be buried in a graveyard and this practice grows so that it is proved by instances adequate in character, number and extent, then the presumption will be that the dedication is complete and the

roll call

roll call : the act or an instance of calling off a list of names (as for checking attendance) ;specif : an act or instance of

Impotentia excusat legem

Impotentia excusat legem. In Re Presidential Elec-tions, AIR 1974 SC 1682 (1686). For an instance of the application of this maxim, see Eager v. Furnivall, (1881) 17 Ch D 121.

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Insurance

insure are contained in the proposals printed on the back of the policies, and it is in most instances expressly conditioned that they undertake to pay the loss, not exceeding the sum insured, 'according to the exact

Increase of Rent and Mortgage (Restrictions) Acts (English)

respect of certain classes of property, of landlords and mortgagees. This legislation was rendered necessary, in the first instance, by the conditions caused by the outbreak of the Great War. The continuance of the protection to tenants

Imputation

Imputation, means the act or an instance of imputing something, esp. fault or crime, to a person; an accusation or charge (an imputation of negligence),

Improper feuds

Improper feuds, derivative feuds; as, for instance, those that were originally bartered and sold to the feudatory for a price, or were held upon base

Full Court

other members of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, constituted the Court of Appeal, and in some instances the Court of original jurisdiction, under the name of the Full Court of Divorce, the jurisdiction of which

Imperfect obligations

Imperfect obligations, moral duties, such as charity, gratitude, etc., which cannot be enforced by law. For an instance of payment of a debt of honour out of a lunatic's estate under very special circum-stances, see Re

House of Lords

restored. In difficult cases the House of Lords may obtain the opinions of the judges; for a recent instance of this, see Allen v. Flood, 1898 AC 1. As to the trial of peers indicted for treason

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