The word immaterial refers to having no essential bearing on the issue being brought in a contract or to the claim for relief. Something immaterial would mean something that is not relevant to the issue presented. Immaterial is commonly heard...
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impaneling
Impaneling refers to the selection and assignment of a jury for the purpose of deciding a case, also known as empaneling. The usual steps of impaneling may include:
Collecting the names of potential jurors in a random manner;...implied consent
Implied consent, compared to express consent (where consent is directly and clearly given with explicit words), is the agreement given by a person’s action (even just a gesture) or inaction, or can be inferred from certain circumstances by...
implied warranty
An implied warranty is a guarantee that is not written down or explicitly spoken. Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code ("UCC") governs the sale of goods. An implied warranty is automatically presumed regarding the sale of goods or real...
impute
Impute means to ascribe or attribute; to impute is the action of attributing a person with knowledge, liability, duty, or other various forms of responsibility. The act of imputing is indifferent to whether or not the imputee had sought or...
in lieu
In lieu means “instead of” or “in the place of.” For example, a deed in lieu of foreclosure is a deed to a house offered to the lender by the homeowner so that the lender will not foreclose.
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in re
In re is a Latin phrase meaning “in the matter of.” The term “In re” is used in legal documents to refer to a case, particularly a case without an opposing party. For example, "In re Estate of Ruth Bentley" might be used to refer to a probate...
in re:
In re is a Latin phrase meaning “in the matter of.” The term “In re” is used in legal documents to refer to a case, particularly a case without an opposing party. For example, "In re Estate of Ruth Bentley" might be used to refer to a probate...
in rem
In rem is a Latin term meaning "against a thing," which refers to a court’s power to adjudicate matters directed against property. In rem jurisdiction is one of the two forms of personal jurisdiction, with the other being in personam...
in toto
In toto is a Latin phrase that means in all, or completely. For example, if a judge accepts a lawyer's argument in toto, it means that the judge accepts the entire argument.
The phrase in toto is also commonly used in the...