Medical / Legal Dictionary
In loco parentis
A position occupied by an individual in place of a child’s parent whereby that individual takes on some or all of the parent’s responsibilities towards the child.
Indemnity
A legal mechanism by which one party agrees to pay for any award made against another party for damages
Indemnity Bond
An insurance bond taken out as additional security to cover loan amounts of over 75% approximately of the property value.
Indirect Discrimination
Where an employer requires or applies a condition equally to all but the condition is one with which fewer of one gender than the other can comply.
Industrial Action
An ongoing dispute with management, a strike.
Inherit
To obtain ownership of property upon the death of the previous owner.
Injunction
An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order, whereby a party is required to do, or refrain from doing certain acts.
Injunction
An order preventing a person from committing certain acts, or compelling a person to commit certain acts.
Injunctive relief
An order preventing a person from committing certain acts, or compelling a person to commit certain acts.
Inquest
A judicial investigation. A Coroner’s Inquest is an investigation into the cause of an individual’s death.
Inspection of documents
The process by which lawyers for one side to a dispute physically examine documents held by another side to the dispute.
Insurance
Insurance is required by all lending institutions to protect their interest covering any structural damage to the property.
Interim order
An order made by a court on foot of an interim application, i.e. an application made prior to the substantive hearing of the dispute.
Irish Medicines Board
The body in the Republic of Ireland with responsibility for the regulation of medical products available in the state.
Irreconcilable differences
The phrase applied by courts to signify that there is no prospect of a marriage recovering.