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Legal definitions for terms and concepts beginning with i

In Toto
Latin: in total.
Intrusion Upon Seclusion
A privacy tort; intentionally intruding upon the seclusion or private affairs or concerns of another if the intrusion would be highly offensive to a reasonable person.
Intuitu Personae
Latin: Because of the person.
Inuit
A person native to the Far North of North America.
Inure
To take effect, to result; to come into operation.
Inurement Clause
A clause in a clegal document, such as a contract or will, that purports to extend the benefits of the document beyond the signatories.
Invention
Any new and useful art, process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter or improvement thereof.
Invitation to Treat
An invitation to another person to make an offer to contract.
Invitee
A person invited, implicitly or explicitly, upon the real property of another.
Invitor
Relevant to occupiers' liability; a person who, implicitly or explicitly, invites another to a place.
Involuntary Manslaughter
A criminal offence contingent on language in any given jurisdiction but, generally, the unlawful killing of a human being without malice in the commission of an unlawful act or in the commission of an act which might produce death, in an unlawful manner, or without due caution and circumspection.
IOU
Acronym for "I owe you"; a written acknowledgment of a debt.
Ipso facto
Latin: by the act itself.
Ipso jure
Latin: by operation of law.
Islamic Law
The law according to the Muslim faith and as interpreted from the Koran.
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