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Imprisoned person, and Statute of Limitation, 244

Incapacity of workman, partial or total, compensation for, 275

Incorporation, form for articles of, 318

Indecent language in a telegram, 247

Indenture, 105; form for deed of, 284

Indorsement, see Negotiable Paper

Infancy, period of, defined by-law, 65

Inheritance, adopted child, 5

Injunction, temporary and permanent 22; against directors, 101; against infringer of patent, 122; to forbid tenants making alterations, 159

Innkeeper, 147; persons must receive, 147; persons must exclude, 147; keeping of horses, 147; liability for baggage, 147, 148, 149; exempt from loss by fire, 148; may make certain regulations, 148, 149; keeper of boarding house not, 149

Insane person and Statute of Limitation, 244

Insanity, of principal, 13; of agent, 13; how affects bid at auction, 18; of master of vessel, 240; and wills, 264

Inspector, 83, 101

Insurance Broker, 45, 46

Insurance, fire, when liable for acts of agent, 6; kinds of companies, 124, 125; mutual company preferred, 124; mutual plan protects against loss only, 125; stock company pays dividends, 125; insured must have interest in property, 125; who has insurable interest, 126; policy, as collateral security, 126; policy void, 126; policy a contract, 126; standard policy, 126; when is policy binding, 126, 127; premium, 127; policy may be assigned, 127; when policy can be cancelled, 127, 130; contract reformed, 128; written and printed parts of policy, 128; written application part of contract, 128; interpretation of meaning, 128; language of policy, 128, 129; clerical errors, 129; what policy covers, 129, 130; when risk begins, 129; misrepresentation, 129, 130; concealment of facts, 130; questions and answers a warranty, 130; policy void, 130; loss, total or partial, 130; damage by water, 130; from explosion, 131; from theft, 131; from lightning, 131; from negligence, 131; total loss, 131; partial loss, 132; open and valued policies, 132; see Agency

Insurance, life, 167; definition, 167; validity of the contract, 167; assignment of policy, 168, 172; authority of general agent to vary the agreement, 168; no contract until policy accepted by company, 169; state requirements, 169; delivery of policy, 169; authority of general and special agents, 170; payment of first premium, 170; void under conditions contrary to public welfare, 170; proceeds on which policy may be set aside, 171; determination of beneficiary, 171; date of commencement of risk, 172; payment of premiums, 172; reinsurance contracts, 173; cancellation or surrender, 173, 174; rescinding of a policy, 174; surrender or cancellation value, 175; conversion of policy, 175

Insurance money, provision for, in lease, 159

Insurance policy, of bankrupt, 37; form for assignment of, 302

Insurer, garage keeper not an, 134; innkeeper is, 147

Interstate Commerce Commission, controls interstate telegraph business, 248

Invention, patentable or not, 202, 203; requirements necessary to obtain a patent, 203; element of novelty, 204; prior publication, 204; usefulness, 204; exercise of inventive power necessary for a patent, 205; reduction of to practice, 206; employer presumed to be the real inventor, 208; inventor must apply for a patent, 208; specification of, 208; improvement on, 209

Jewelry, keeping of, by bailor, 29; see Carrier, Innkeeper

Key, delivery of, constitutes delivery of goods, 242

Laborers, farm, and Compensation Acts, 268

Lake, title to land under and around, 112

Land, title to, bounded by navigable river, 112; equity can forbid injuries to, 121; equity will enforce covenants, 122; devise of, in wills, 265; form for agreement for sale of, 277

Land, agreement to purchase, 15; must be in writing, 15; how signed, 15; how complete, 15; oral agreement, 15, 16; part payment, 16; period of option to purchase, 16; see Contract, Statute of Frauds

Land license, see License

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