Latin for Lawyers

INFRACTION

INFRACTION [L. infringo, infringere / to break; to impair] Any violation or breach, as of a duty or contract, or a law or regulation. The violation of a statute or regulation punishable only by a fine. INFRA DIGNITATEM CURIAE Beneath the dignity of the court. INFRA JURISDICTIONEM Within the jurisdiction. IN FRAUDEM CREDITORUM [L. in + fraudo, fraudere / to cheat or deceive + creditor / a creditor] In fraud of creditors. IN FRAUDEM LEGIS [L. in + fraudo / to cheat + lex, legis / law or rule] (To commit a ) fraud upon the law. INFRINGEMENT [L. in + frangere / to break, to shatter] To break in upon, to trespass. To encroach upon the property or rights of another. The unauthorized usurpation or violation of another’s property right or interest. In the law of Intellectual Property, the unauthorized use of a copy right, patent or trademark. IN FUTURO Later, in the future. Contrasted with in praesenti , at present, at this moment. See IN PRAESENTI IN GENERE [L. in kind; of the same class or species] Describes a thing which is similar in quantity and quality to something else, but not exactly the same. Two laws are in genere if they deal with the same subject but are not identical. INGRESS [L. ingredior, ingredi, ingressus / to step into, enter] The act of entering into a place or area. Also, the legal right to do so. INGRESSUS ET EGRESSUS To enter and to exit. The right to enter upon land of another, to travel through it and to exit from it. IN HAC (HAEC) PARTE On this side. In behalf of this matter, person or thing. IN HAEC VERBA In these words. In these very words. In these same words.

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