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INHIBI'TION. In law, prohibition: a 

 writ to forbid a judge from further pro- 

 ceedings in a cause depending before him. 

 In Scots late, a writ of diligence obtained 

 by a creditor against his debtor, prohibit- 

 ing him from selling or contracting debts 

 upon his estate to the creditor's prejudice. 



IN'IS, an Irish word denoting an island ; 

 aslniskilling.&c. 



INM'TIATIVE, Lat. outturn, a beginning. 

 In politics, that branch of the legislature 

 which has the right to propose measures. 

 Thus, in England, all bills for taxing the 

 subject, must originate with the Com- 

 mons; some private bills, by custom, have 

 the initiative with the Lords ; and one, 

 viz., that for a general pardon, begins, in 

 the first instance, with the Crown. 



IXJEC'TION, from in and jacio. 1. A me- 

 dicated liquor, to be thrown into a natural 

 or preternatural cavity of the body, by 



means of a syringe. 2. A liquid thrown 



into the vessels of the dead body, to dis- 

 play them more distinctly. 3. The cold 



water thrown into the condenser of a 

 steam-engine, to condense the steam, is 

 called injection-water, and those steam- 

 engines in which the steam is condensed 

 in this way are called injection-engines. 

 Most condensing engines at present in use 

 are of this kind. 



INJUNC'TION. from injungp, a command. 

 In law, a prohibitory writ, restraining 

 some act that appears against equity : 

 mostly issued by Chancery. 



INK, any liquor or pigment used for 

 writing and printing on paper, &c. There 

 are various sorts ; as (1.) Indian or China 

 ink, composed of lamp-black and size. 

 (2.) Printer's ink, composed of burned lin- 

 seed oil and lampblack (or some coloured 

 pigment, if a coloured ink be wanted). 

 (3.) Common writing ink is (partly) a gall- 

 ate of iron, formed by adding an infusion 

 or decoction of gall-nuts to sulphate of 

 iron in solution. (4.) Red ink is made by 

 infusing Brazil-wood in weak vinegar for 

 some days. (5.) Gold and silver inks are 

 made by grinding gold or silver leaf with 

 white honey till they be reduced to the 

 finest possible division. (6.) Sympathetic 

 ink. The best is hydrochlorate of cobalt. 



IXK'-BAG, a bladder-shaped sac found in 

 some species of cephalopods, containing a 

 black and viscid fluid, resembling ink, by 

 t-jecting which, in cases of danger from 

 enemies, they are able to render the sur- 

 rounding water opaque, and thus to con- 

 ceal themselves. Examples of this con- 

 trivance may be seen in the Sessia twf- 

 yaris, and Loligo of our seas. 



IxK'tE, a sort of broad linen tape, prin- 

 cipally manufactured at Manchester. 



IN'LAYIXG, the operation of ornament- 

 ing work with thin pieces of differently 

 coloured material, by inserting them into 

 prepared ground. Articles of cabinet 



work are often inlaid, and mosaic work 

 is altogether a process of inlaying. 



IN LIM'INE (Latin), at the threshold; 

 before anything is said or done. 



IX'N, Sax. inn. 1. A house of entertain- 

 ment for travellers. 2. A college <rf 



municipal or common law professors and 

 students ; formerly the town-house of a 

 nobleman, bishop, or other distinguished 

 personage, in which he resided when he 

 attended the court. Inns of Court. There 

 are four principal colleges of this name ; 

 Viz., the Inner Temple and Middle Temple. 

 anciently the habitation of the Knights 

 Templars; Gray's Inn, anciently the ma- 

 nor-house of baron Gray, in the reign of 

 Edward III. ; and Lincoln's Inn, originally 

 the dwelling-house of Henry Lacy, earl of 

 Lincoln. The Inns of Chancery are eight. 

 (1.) Barnard's Inn, which once belonged to 

 Dr. Mack worth, dean of Lincoln, and in 

 the possession of one Lionel Barnard. (2.) 

 Clement's Inn, once a messuage belonging 

 to the parish of St. Clement Danes. (3.) 

 Clifford's Inn, the dwelling-house of the 

 Cliffords, earls of Cumberland. (4.) Furni- 

 jal's Inn, once the mansion-house of Sir 

 llichard Furnival. (5.) Lyon's Inn, once a 

 private house known by the name of the 

 Black Lion. (6.) New Inn, once the dwell- 

 ing-house of Sir J. Tyncaulx. (7.) Staples' 

 Inn, which formerly belonged to the mer- 

 chants of the Staple. (8.) Thacie's Inn, 

 anciently the dwelling-house of John 

 Thavy, armourer of London. These are 

 subordinate to the inns of court, from 

 which alone students can be called to the 

 bar.. 



IN'XATE IDE'AS. In metaphysics, ideas or 

 principles supposed to exist in the mind 

 from the first moment of its existence, 

 and to be developed along with it. Locke 

 has taken much pains to refute this doc- 

 trine of innate ideas. 



IXXOMIXA'TUM, Os, a large irregular 

 bone, situated at the side of the pelvis of 

 the adult. It is so called, as being formed 

 of three bones to which names are given 

 in the young subject, but which growing 

 together, form one complete bone, to 

 which none of the names are applicable, 

 and which is therefore left innominate or 

 nameless. 



INXUEX'DO, Lat. from 'nnwo,to nod. An 

 oblique hint, or distant reference. The 

 term is used in derlarations and law- 

 pleadings, to ascertain or point out 

 the precise person when otherwise left 

 doubtful. 



INOCULATION, from inoculo. to bud, from 

 ociilus, an eye. 1. In surgery, the practice 

 of transplanting the small-pox, by infu- 

 sion of the matter, from ripened pustules, 

 into the veins of an uninfected person, 

 with a view to producing a milder case 

 of the disease than when taken naturally. 

 After the discovery of the pieventiT* 



