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Category: I

Identity Theft

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

IMMODERATE

a term used to describe something that is unreasonable or beyond the normal bounds.

ILLEGAL ALIEN

This term is given to a foreigner living in the US with no right to stay who has taken no steps to become a citizen.

INTERCEPTION

phrase that means a wiretap or the intercepting of messages.

IMPROVIDENT JUDGMENT

the term that is given to a judgement or an order handed down by a court that has been based on erroneous information.

IMPROBABLE

a term that means a thing is difficult to believe such as improbable testimony or alibi.

IMPLIED POWERS

This term applies to the authority that a public official has due to the nature of their duties.

INCURRED

This means to bring upon yourself or to happen to your self.

INHERENT RIGHT

a term that means the fundamental right a person has. See inalienable right.

INSECURITY CLAUSE

the name given to a clause in a contract that allows the creditor to force the debtor to make the full payment.

INSTRUMENT INTER PARTES

a Latin phrase describing a written document that records the transactions between 2 or more parties.

INCITING TO RIOT

a term that means to arouse to action that is unlawful and possibly violent.

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