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2581 Etymology dictionary, p. incorporate (v.).3
… "to legally form a body politic with perpetual succession and power to act as one person, establish as a legal corporation" is from mid-15c. (A verb corporate …
2582 Etymology dictionary, p. in custodia legis (adv.).2
legal Latin, "in the custody of the law," from ablative of custodia "a guarding, watching, keeping" (see custody ) + legis, genitive of lex "law" (see legal (adj.)).
2583 Etymology dictionary, p. indemnity (n.).2
… ). Meaning "legal exemption" is from 1640s; sense of "compensation for loss" is from 1793. Related: Indemnitor; indemnitee .
2584 Etymology dictionary, p. indent (v.1).2
… a legal indenture, make a written formal agreement or contract," from Old French endenter "to notch or dent, give a serrated edge to" (12c.) and directly from Medieval …
2585 Etymology dictionary, p. indict (v.).2
… , compose; (legally) indict," from Vulgar Latin *indictare "to declare, accuse, proclaim in writing," from in- "in" (from PIE root *en "in") + Latin dictare "to declare, dictate …
2586 Etymology dictionary, p. indict (v.).3
… . non-legal senses "write, compose (a poem, etc.); dictate" have gone with the older form, endite, indite (q.v.). The sense is perhaps partly confused with Latin indicare …
2587 Etymology dictionary, p. indictment (n.).2
… "formal legal document containing a charge proved before a grand jury" is from c. 1500. The Latin spelling was restored 17c., but as with indict the French pronunciation …
2588 Etymology dictionary, p. indite (v.).2
… , draft; (legally) indict," from Vulgar Latin *indictare, from Latin in- "in, into, on, upon" (from PIE root *en "in") + dictare "to declare," frequentative of dicere "to say, speak …
2589 Etymology dictionary, p. indulgence (n.).3
… than legal rights. The sale of indulgences in the original Church sense was done at times merely to raise money and was widely considered corrupt; the one …
2590 Etymology dictionary, p. in facie curiae.2
"before the court," legal Latin, from ablative of Latin facies "form, face" (see face (n.)). + genitive of curia "court" (see curia ).
2591 Etymology dictionary, p. infamous (adj.).3
… a legal term, "disqualified from certain rights of citizens because of conviction for certain crimes" (late 14c.). The neutral fameless (in the sense original …
2592 Etymology dictionary, p. infancy (n.).2
… old legal language it meant "condition of being a minor" and could mean any age up to 21.
2593 Etymology dictionary, p. in fieri.2
legal Latin, "in the process of being done," from fieri "to come into being, become," used as passive of facere "to make, do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put").
2594 Etymology dictionary, p. in forma pauperis.2
legal Latin, literally "in the form of a poor person" (thus exempt from certain court fees, etc.), 1590s; see form (n.) + pauper (n.).
2595 Etymology dictionary, p. inhibition (n.).2
… of legal proceedings by authority;" also, the document setting forth such a prohibition, from Old French inibicion and directly from Latin inhibitionem …
2596 Etymology dictionary, p. inhibitor (n.).2
1868 as a Scottish legal term; 1914 in biochemistry; agent noun in Latin form from inhibit. Form inhibiter is attested from 1610s.
2597 Etymology dictionary, p. in loco parentis.2
legal Latin, 1640s in English, literally "in the place of a parent," from loco, ablative of locus "a place" (see locus (n.)) + parentis, genitive of parens "parent" (see parent (n.)).
2598 Etymology dictionary, p. innocence (n.).2
… from legal wrong" is from 1550s.
2599 Etymology dictionary, p. innuendo (n.).3
… a legal phrase (1560s) from Medieval Latin, with the sense of "to wit," introducing an explanatory or parenthetical clause, it also introduced the derogatory …
2600 Etymology dictionary, p. inquest (n.).2
… -queste "legal or judicial inquiry," especially one before a jury, from Old French enqueste "inquiry" (Modern French enquête ), from Vulgar Latin *inquaestia (source …