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Identity Theft

Deliberately obtaining and taking away someone else’s personal information for criminal intentions.

Insurance Card

The proof required in some states and issued by an insurance company that indicates a vehicle is insured. The cards are kept in the vehicle to show to police or other motorists in

INHERITANCE TAX

the name of a tax that is levied on the transfer of goods that have been left to a person.

INTERVENING ACT

where the cause of an accident or an injury erases the blame from the person who set things in action to start with. Also known as an intervening cause or an intervening

INDETERMINATE SENTENCE

This term applies to a jail sentence without a set period but it falls between the minimum and maximum time for the crime.

INFORMATION AND BELIEF

a phrase used when a person believes what he has said is true, even though some facts may be missing.

INTERIM ORDER

a term that means applies to a temporary edict from a court such as a temporary injunction.

IN BANK

A term used to describe a court when all of the judges are sitting.

INSURANCE LIFE

an insurance policy that pays an amount on the death of a person.

INELIGIBLE

This is the term that means not to be qualified or to be disqualified from holding a public office.

ITINERANT VENDOR

the name given to a seller who travels from place to place to sell his wares.

INCARCERATE

the term that describes confining a person to prison or jail.

IN STATUS QUO

a Latin phrase that means without change and in the same situation as it was.

INDIRECT TAX

a tax that is not levied on the value of property but on another consideration.

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