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fngs therein may be as vexatious as in any other, the fame 
is within the purview of the Ilatute, which, being a re¬ 
medial law, fliall receive as large a conltruftion as the 
words will bear. Carth. 503. 1 Salk. 376. 5 . C. 3. That 
no colts can be had on this Ilatute on an acquittal by a 
trial at bar ; not only becaufe the claufe that gives colts, 
■unlefs the judge certify a realonable caufe, feetns only to 
have a view to trials at nifi prius, but alfo becaufe a caufe, 
which is of fuch confequence as to be thought proper for 
a trial at bar, cannot well be thought within the purview 
of the Ilatute ; which was chiefly defigned againlt trifling 
and vexatious profecutions. 2, Hawk. P.C. c, 26. 4-. That, 
if there be feveral defendants, and fome of them acquit¬ 
ted, and others convicted, none of them can have, colts. 
1 Salk. 194.. 5. That, wherever a defendant’s cafe is fuch 
as authorifes the court to award him colts, he has a right 
to them ex debito juflitix ; for it feems a general rule, that 
where judges are empowered by Ilatute to do a matter of 
jultice, they ought to do it of courfe. 2 Chan. Caf 191. 
2 Hawk. P. C. c. 26. 
INFORM A'TOR, /. In old records, an informer. 
INFQRMA'TUS NON SUM, or more properly non 
fum informatus. [Lat. I am not informed, or I have no 
inltruftions.] A formal anfwer made of courfe by an at¬ 
torney who is authorifed by his client to let judgment 
pafs in that form againlt him. It is commonly ufed in 
warrants of attorney, given for the exprefs purpofe of con- 
felling judgment. 
INFOR'MER, / One who gives inltruftion or intelli¬ 
gence.—This writer is either bialfed by an inclination to 
believe the worlt, or a want of judgment to chufe his in¬ 
formers. Swift .—One who difcovers offenders to the magif- 
trate. —Informers are a deteftable race of people, although 
fometimes neceflary. Swift. 
Let no court-fycophant pervert my fenfe, 
Nor fly informer watch thefe words to draw 
Within the reach of trealon. Pope. 
The perfon who informs againlt, or profecutes in any 
of the king’s courts, thofe who offend againlt any law, or 
penal Ilatute. No man may be an informer who is dis¬ 
abled by any mifdemeanor. 31 Ehz. c. 5. 
INFOR'MIDABLE, adj. [fa and formidabilis, Lat.] 
Not to.be feared 5 not to be dreaded : 
Of ftrength, of courage haughty, and of limb 
Heroic built, though of terreftrial mold ; 
Foe not informidable , exempt from wound. Milton. 
INFOR'MING,/ The aft of giving information. 
INFOR'MITY, f. [from informis, Lat.] Shapeleflhefs. 
—From this narrow time of geltation may enfue afmallnefs 
in the exclufion ; but this inferreth no informity. Brown. 
INFOR'MOUS, adj. Shapelefs ; of no regular figure.— 
That a bear brings forth her young informous and un- 
fhapen, which flie falhioneth after by licking them over, 
is an opinion delivered by ancient writers. Brown. 
INFOR'TUNATE, adj. [ infortune', Ft. infortunatus , Lat.] 
Unhappy. See Unfortunate, which is commonly ufed. 
_Perkin, deftitute of all hopes, having found all either 
falle, faint, or ihfortunate, did gladly accept of the condi¬ 
tion. Bacon's Henry VII. 
INFOR'TUNATENESS, f. [from infortunate .] Unfor- 
tunatenefs; unhappinels. Scott. 
INFOR'TUNE, /. Misfortune ; mifchance. 
INFOR'TUNE, / With altrologers, an unfortunate 
planet. 
To INFRAC'T, v. a. [infradus, Lat.] To break. Not 
ufed: 
Falling fall, from gradual Hope to Hope, 
With wild infraEled courfe and lelfen’d roar, 
It gains a fafer bed. Thomfon. 
INFRACTING, /. The aft of breaking. 
INFRACTION, / The aft of breaking; breach; vi¬ 
olation of treaty.—The wolves, pretending an infraction 
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in the abufe of their holtages, fell upon the ffieep with¬ 
out their dogs. L’Ejlrange. 
By the fame gods, the jultice of whofe wrath 
Punilh’d the infraElion of my former faith. Waller, 
INFR ALAPSA'RIAN, / in church hiltory, one Ire- 
longing to a feft of predeltinarians, who maintain, that 
God has created a certain number of men only to be 
damned, without allowing them the means neceflary to 
lave themfelves, if they would; and they are thus called, 
becaufe they hold that God’s decrees were formed infra 
lapfum, after his knowledge of the fall, and in confequence 
thereof; in contradillinftion to the Supralapfarians. 
INFRALAPSA'RIAN, adj. Belonging to the.fcheme 
or doftrine of the infralapfarians. 
INFRAMUNDA'NE, adj. [from infra, Lat. below, 
and mundus, the world.] Situate beneath the world. 
TNFRAN'CHISE, v. a. To enfranchife, to make freei, 
Scott. 
INFRAN'CIIISEMENT, /. An enfranchifement, the 
aft of making free. 
INFRANGIBLE, adj. Not to be broken.—The pri¬ 
mitive atoms are fuppofed infrangible, extremely com- 
pafled and hard, which compaftednefs and hardnefs is a 
demonftration that nothing could be produced by them, 
fince they could never cohere. Cheyne. 
_ INFRANGIBLENESS. / The ftate of being infran¬ 
gible. 
INFRASCAPULA'RIS,/ A mufcle of the arm. 
INFRASPINA'TUS, / One of the mufcles of the arm. 
See Anatomy. 
INFRE'QUENCY, f. Uncommonnefs; rarity.—The 
abfence of the gods, and the infrequency of objefts, made 
her yield. Broome. 
INFRE'QUENT, adj. Rare; uncommon. 
INFRICA'TION,/ [from in, Lat. into, and frico, to 
rub.] The aft of rubbing in. Scott. 
INFRIC'TION, f. The aft of rubbing in, the aft of 
chafing In. Scott. 
To INFRI'GIDATE, v.a. To chill; to make cold.— 
The drops reached little further than the furface of the 
liquor, whofe coldnefs did not infrigidate thofe upper 
parts of the glafs. Boyle. 
To INFRI'NGE, v. a. [ infringe, Lat.] To violate ; to 
break laws or contrafts: 
Having infring'd the law, I wave my right 
As king, and thus fubmit myfelf to fight. Waller. 
To deftroy ; to hinder.—Homilies, being plain and popular 
inltruftions, do not infringe the efficacy, although but 
read. Hooker, 
Bright as the deathlefs gods and happy. Are 
From all that may infringe delight is free. Waller. 
INFRINGEMENT,/ Breach; violation.—The pu- 
niffiing of this infringement is proper to that jurifdiftion 
againlt which the contempt is. Clarendon. 
INFRINGER, /. A breaker; a violator.—A clergy¬ 
man’s habit ought to be without any lace, under a fevere 
penalty to be inflifted on the infringers of the provincial 
conftitution. Aylijfe. 
INFRINGING,/. The aft of violating. 
INFRUCTUO'SE, adj. [from in, Lat. contrary, to, and 
fruElus , fruit.] Unfruitful. Scott. 
INFRUGIF'EROUS, adj. [from in, Lat. contrary to, 
fruges, fruit, and fero, to bear.] Bearing no fruit. Scott. 
INFU'CATE, v. a. [from in, Lat. on, and fucus t 
paint.] To cover with paint, to paint the face. Cole. 
INFU'CATION,/ The act of painting the face. Scott. 
IN'FULA, f. A broad kind of fillet made of white 
wool, worn by the Roman and Grecian prielts upon the 
head, from which on each tide hung a ribband. The 
covering the head with a mitre was rather a Roman than 
a Grecian cuftom, introduced into Italy by iEneas, who 
covered his head and face at the performance of lacrifice, 
left any ill-boding omen ffiould difturb the rites. The- 
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