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38. 3^.115. N. and eleven miles and a half fouth of the 
light>houfe at Cape Henlopen. Cedar Swamp contains a 
great variety of plants, trees, wild hearts, birds, and rep¬ 
tiles. 
IN'DIAN RIV'ER, on the eaft coaftof thepeninfula of 
Eaft Florida, rifes a Ihort diftance from the fea-coaft, and 
runs from north to fouth, forming a kind ot inland paf- 
fage for many miles along the coalt. It is alfo called Rio 
Ays, and has on the north fide of its mouth the point El 
Palmer, on the fouth that of the Leech. Lat. 27. 30. N. 
Ion. 80. 40. W. 
IN'DIAN RIV'ER, diftrift of Maine, a fmall arm of 
the fea between Chandler’s and Pleafant river. 
IN'DIAN TOWN, in Maryland, a village fituated on 
Indian Creek, on the fouth-eaft bank of Choptank river, 
and in Dorchefter county : three miles fouth-weft of New¬ 
market. 
IN'DIAN TOWN, a fmall port-town of North Carolina’: 
ten miles from Sawyer’s Ferry, and fifty-two from Eden- 
ton. 
IN'DIAN-TOWN POINT', a cape of the illand of 
Antigua, on the eaft coaft. Lat. 17. 15.N. Ion. 6i.az.E. 
Greenwich. 
INDIA'NA, a tract of country, fituated on the Ohio, 
in the ftate of Virginia, claimed by William Trent and 
others ; being granted by the Indians as a compenfation 
for Ioffes fuftained from them in the year 1768. The 
goods taken away were valued at 85,915k 10s. Sd. New- 
York currency. This claim has been laid before con- 
grefs, and in fome degree allowed, but it does not appear 
to be yet finally determined. 
fN'DICANT, adj. {indicans, Lat.] Showing; pointing 
out; that which directs what is to be done in any difeafe. 
To IN'DICATE, v. a. [indico, Lat.] Tofhow; to point 
out. To point out a remedy.—The nature 0/ the dif¬ 
eafe is to indicate the remedy. Burke. 
INDIC'ATIF, f. A law term; a writ by which a pro- 
fecution in fome cafes is recovered from the court Chrif- 
tian to that of the King’s Bench. 
IN'DICATING,jfi The aft of pointing out. 
INDICATION,/ [Fr. from indice, Lat.J Mark; token; 
fign ; note ; fymptom.—The frequent ftops they make in 
the moft convenient places, are a plain indication of their 
wearinefs. Addifon. —We think that our fucceffes are a plain 
indication of the divine favour towards us. Atterbury. — Indi¬ 
cation in medicine is of four kinds: vital, prefervative, cura¬ 
tive, and palliative ; as it direfts what is to be done to con¬ 
tinue life, cutting off the caufe of an approaching diftem- 
per, curing it whilft it is aftually prefent, or leflening its 
effefts, or taking off fome of its fymptoms, before it can be 
wholly removed.—The depravation of the inftruments of 
maftication is a natural indication of a liquid diet. Arbutk- 
not. —Difcovery made ; intelligence given.—If a perfon 
that had a fair eftate in reveriion, fliould be allured by 
fome fkilful phyfician, that he would inevitably fall into 
a difeafe that would totally deprive him of his under- 
ftanding and memory; if, I fay, upon a certain belief of 
this indication, the man lhould appear overjoyed at the 
news, would not all that faw him conclude that the dif- 
temper had feized him ? Bentley. —Explanation ; difplay. 
i—Thefe be the things that govern nature principally, and 
without which you cannot make any true analyfis and 
indication of the proceedings of nature. Bacon. 
INDIC'ATIVE, adj. [indications, Lat.] Showing; in¬ 
forming; pointing out. [In grammar.] A certain modi¬ 
fication of a verb, expreifing affirmation or indication.— 
The verb is formed in a certain manner to affirm, deny, 
or interrogate; which formation, from the principal ufe 
of it, is called tlie indicative mood. Clarke's Latin Grammar. 
INDIC'ATIVELY, adv. In fuch a manner as rtiows or 
betokens.—Thefe images, formed in the brain, are indica- 
tivdy of the fame fpecies with thofe of fenfe. Grew. 
IN'DICATOR, f. In anatomy, one of the mufcles 
which extend the fore-finger. 
INDICA'TUM, f, With phyficians, that which is 
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pointed out in any particular diforder for the reftoratiori 
of health. 
INDICA'VIT,/! A writ of prohibition that lies for a 
patron of a church, whofe clerk is fued in the fpiritual 
court by another clerk for tithes, which amount to a fourth 
part of the profits of the advowfon; when the fuit be¬ 
longs to the king’s courts, by the flat. Weftm. z. c. 5. 
13 Edw. I. ft. 4. The patron of the defendant is allowed 
this writ, as he is likely to be prejudiced in his church and 
advowfon, if the plaintiff recovers in the fpiritual court. 
Reg. Orig. 35. Old. Nat. Br. 31. 
The writ of indicavit doth not lie of a lefs part of the 
tithes, See. than a fourth part of the church ; if they are, 
not fo much, this being furmifed by the other party, at 
confultation (hall be had. 34 Edw. I. ft. 1. The patron 
of the clerk, who is prohibited by the indicavit, may have 
his writ of right of the advowfon of difines, See. The 
ecclefiaftical court may hold plea of tithes not amount¬ 
ing to the fourth of the church. 13 Edw. l.Jl. 4. See fur¬ 
ther under the article Tithe. 
IN'DICE, f. {indicium, Lat.] A fign.—Too much talk¬ 
ing is ever the indice of a fool. B. JonJ'on. 
INDICETAMEN'TUM, f. In old Records, an indift- 
ment. 
INDICID'UOUS, adj. [from in, Lat. contrary to, de 
from, and cado, to fall.] Unapt to fall; detecting; difeo- 
vering. Cole. 
To INDI'CT, v. a. [;indiBum, fup. of indico, from in and 
dico, Lat. to fay.] To impeach, accufe, or prefer a bill 
againft, aa offender in due courfe of law : 
Hold up your head ; hold up your hand : 
Would it were not my lot to lliow ye 
This cruel writ, wherein you ftand 
In dieted by the name of Chloe ! Prior. 
INDI'CTABLE, adj. Liable to be indicted.—Anci¬ 
ently, where a man was wounded in one county and died in 
another, the offender was indiElable in neither, Blackjlone. 
INDICTE'E,/ The perfon indifted. 
INDUCTING, ft. The aft of accufingby due courfe of 
law. - v 
INDIC'TION,/ [Fr. indico, Lat.] Declaration; pro¬ 
clamation.—After a legation ad. res repetendas, and a refu- 
fal, and a denunciation and indiElion of a war, the war ii 
left at large. Bacon .— In chronology, a cycle of fifteen, 
years. See the article Chronology, vol. iv. p. 537. 
INDIC'TIVE, adj. Pointing out; belonging to that 
which is pointed out. 
INDI'CTMENT, f. [indiclamcntum, of indico, Lat. to' 
ffiow, &c.] A bill or declaration of complaint drawn up 
in form of law, exhibited for fome offence criminal or 
penal, and preferred to a grand jury; upon whofe oath it 
is found to be true, before a judge, or others, having 
power to punifii or certify the offence. 
Lambard fays, An indiftment is an accufation, at the 
fuit of the king, by the oaths of twelve men of the fame 
county wherein the offence was committed, returned to 
inquire of all offences in general in the county, determi¬ 
nable by the court into which they are returned, and their 
finding a bill brought before them to be true ; but when 
fuch acculation is found by a grand jury, without any 
bill brought before them, and afterwards reduced to a. 
formed indiftment, it is called a prcfcnlment ; and, when it 
is found by jurors returned to inquire of that particular 
offence only which is indifted, it is properly called an 
inquiftition. 
By Poulton, An indiftment is an inquifition taken and 
made by twelve men at the leaft, thereunto fworn, 
whereby they find and prefent, that fuch a perfon of fuch 
a place, in fuch a county, and of fuch a degree, hath 
committed fuch a treafon, felony, trefpafs, or other of¬ 
fence, againft the peace of the king, his crown, and dig¬ 
nity. Pult. 169. An indiftment, according to Lord Chief 
Jultice Hale, is only a plain, brief, and certain, narrative 
of an offence, committed by any perfon, and of thofe ne- 
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