Category: I

a term given to the matter brought before a court where issues that concern facts of then case that are in controversy,

When a charter authorizes the sale of a companies stock.

The operation of watering lands for agricultural purposes by artificial means.

In English law. The goods and profits of the lands of a defendant against whom a writ of distringas or distress infinite has been issued, taken by virtue of such writ, are called “issues.” 3 Bl. Comm. 280; 1 Chit. Crim. Law, 351.

In Scotch law. The happening of a condition or event by which a charter, contract, or other deed, to which a clause irritant is annexed, becomes void.

the term used when a writ is signed and processed by a sheriff.

In Scotch law. Avoiding or making void; as an irritant clause. See IRRITANCY.

Lat. So it is; so it stands. In modern civil law, this phrase is a form of attestation added to exemplifications from a notary’s register when the same are made by the successor in office of the notary who made the original entries.

In Scotch law. A provision by which certain prohibited acts BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)

Lat. So the law is written. Dig. 40, 9, 12. The law- must be obeyed notwithstanding the apparent rigor of its application. 3 Bl. Comm. 430. We must be content with the law as it stands, without inquiring into its reasons. 1 Bl. Comm. 32.