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impaneling: the process by which jurors are selected and sworn to their task impleader: An addition of a third party to an action by the defendant. in camera: in the judge's chamber out of the presence of the jury and the public incompetency: lack of legal qualification or fitness (physical, intellectual or moral fitness) to discharge a legally required duty or to handle one's own affairs; also relates to matters not admissible in evidence indemnity: Security against loss or damages, exemption from penalty or liability, amount paid as compensation under an indemnity agreement. index number: a number issued by the county clerk, which is used to identify a case - in civil matters there is usually a charge individual assignment system (IAS): a system, established for all civil actions and proceedings heard in Supreme and County Court, which provides for the continuous supervision of each action and proceeding by a single judge (NYS) indorsed complaint: A statement of the nature and substance of the cause of action, for money only, which indicates the amount of the claim. It may be set forth upon the summons or attached to it. INFANT An individual who has not attained the age of eighteen (18). infant's compromise: a civil proceeding or motion for obtaining court approval of the settlement of an infant's claim injunction: a court order for a party to stop doing or to start doing a specific act inquest: a proceeding which usually is a limited non-jury trial for the purpose of fixing the amount of damages where the plaintiff or defendant alone introduces testimony. in re: In the matter of; concerning. in rem: Regarding the right or title to property. inter alia: Among other things. interlocutory: provisional; temporary; not final - refers to orders and decrees of a court interpleader: action by which one having possession of an article or fund claimed by two parties may compel them to litigate the title between themselves, instead of with him/her interpreter: a person sworn at a judicial proceeding to translate oral or written language interrogatories: written questions propounded by one party and served on an adversary, who must provide written answers thereto under oath intestate: a person who dies without a will
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