KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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INVOLUNTARY

IRREMOVABILITY

IRA MOTUS. Lat. Moved or excited by anger or passion. A term sometimes former ly used In the plea of son assault demesne. 1 Tidd, Pr. 645.

of another, without negligence on the part of the owner, or, in cases of fire, shipwreck, inun dation, riot, insurrection, or the like extraordi nary emergencies, by the owner of personal property committing it out of necessity to the care of any person. Rev. St. Okl. 1903, § 282G; Rev. Codes N. D. 1899, § 4002; Civ. Code S. D. 1903, § 1354.— Involuntary discontinu ance. In practice. A discontinuance is invol untary where, in consequence of technical omis sion, mispleading, or the like, the suit is re garded as out of court, as where the parties undertake to refer a suit that is not referable, or omit to enter proper continuances. Hunt v. Griffin, 49 Miss. 748.— Involuntary man slaughter. The unintentional killing of a person by one engaged in an unlawful, but not felonious act. 4 Steph. Comm. 52.— Involun tary payment. One obtained by fraud, op pression, or extortion, or to avoid the use of force to coerce it, or to obtain the release of the person or property from detention. Parcher v. Marathon County, 52 Wis. 388, 9 N. W. 23, 38 Am. Rep. 745; Wolfe v. Marshal, 52 Mo. 168; Corkle v. Maxwell, 6 Fed. Cas. 555.— Involun tary servitude. The condition of one who is compelled by force, coercion, or imprison ment, and against his will, to labor for an other, whether he is paid or not. See State v. West, 42 Minn. 147, 43 N. W. 845; Ex parte Wilson, 114 U. S. 417, 5 Sup. Ct. 935, 29 L. Ed. 89; Thompson v. Benton, 117 Mo. 83, 22 S. W. 863, 20 L. R. A. 462, 38 Am. St. Rep. 639; In re Slaughterhouse Cases, 16 Wall. 69, 21 L. Ed. 394; Robertson v. Bald win, 165 U. S. 275, 17 Sup. Ct. 326, 41 L. Ed. 715. As to Involuntary "Bankruptcy," "Non suit," and "Trust," see those titles. The minutest quantity possible. Iota is the smallest Greek letter. The word "jot" is derived therefrom. Ipsse leges cupiunt ut jure regantur. Co. Litt. 174. The laws themselves require that they should be governed by right. IOTA.

IRE AD LAKGUM.

To go at

La t

large; to escape; to be set at liberty.

IRENARCHA. In Roman law. An offi cer whose duties are described in Dig. 5, 4, 18, 7. See Id. 48, 3, 6; Cod. 10, 75. Lit erally, a peace-officer or magistrate. Not according to rule; improper or insufficient, by reason of depart ure from the prescribed course. As to irregular "Deposit," "Indorsement," "Process," and "Succession," see those titles. Violation or nonob servance of established rules and practices. The want of adherence to some prescribed rule or mode of proceeding; consisting either in omitting to do something that is necessary for the due and orderly conducting of a suit, or doing it In an unseasonable time or improper manner. 1 Tidd, Pr. 512. And see McCain v. Des Moines, 174 U. S. 168, 19 »Sup. Ct. 644, 43 L. Ed. 936; Emeric v. Al varado, 64 Cal. 529, 2 Pac. 418; Hall v. Mun ger, 5 Lans. (N. Y.) 113; Corn Exch. Bank v. Blye, 119 N. Y. 414, 23 N. E. 805; Salter v. Hilgen, 40 Wis. 365; Turrill v. Walker, 4 Mich. 183. "Irregularity" is the technical term for every defect in practical proceed ings, or the mode of conducting an action or defense, as distinguishable from defects in pleadings. 3 Chit. Gen. Pr. 509. The doing or not doing that, in the conduct of a suit at law, which, conformably with the practice of the court, ought or ought not to be done. Doe ex dem. Cooper v. Harter, 2 Ind. 252. In canon law. Any impediment which prevents a man from taking holy orders —Legal irregularity. An irregularity oc curring in the course of some legal proceeding. A defect or informality which, in the technical view of the law, is to be accounted an ir regularity. The absence of the quality of relevancy in evidence or pleadings. Irrelevancy, in an answer, consists in state ments which are not material to the decision of the case; such as do not form or tender any material issue. People v. McCumber, 18 N. Y. 321, 72 Am. Dec. 515; Walker v. Hewitt, 11 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 398; Carpenter v. Bell, 1 Rob. (N. Y.) 715; Smith v. Smith, 50 S. C. 54, 27 S. E. 545. in the law of evidence. Not relevant; not relating or applicable to the matter in issue; not supporting the Issue. of a pauper in England, who cannot be legally removed from the parish or union in which IRREGULAR. IRREGULARITY. IRRELEVANCY. IRRELEVANT, IRREMOVABILITY. The status

IPSE. Lat

He himself; the same; the

very person.

IPSE DIXIT. He himself said It; a bare assertion resting on the authority of an in dividual.

IPSISSIMIS VERBIS.

In the Identical

words; opposed to "substantially." Town send v. Jemison, 7 How. 719, 12 L. Ed. 880; Summons v. State, 5 Ohio St. 346. IPSO FACTO. By the fact itself; by the mere fact. By the mere effect of an act or a fact In English ecclesiastical law. A cen sure of excommunication in the ecclesiastical court, immediately incurred for divers offen ses, after lawful trial.

IPSO JURE.

By the law Itself; by the

mere operation of law. Calvin.

Ira furor brevis est. Anger is a short in sanity. Beardsley v. Maynard, 4 Wend. (N. Y.) 336, 355.