Impaneling: Selecting a jury from the list of potential jurors.
Impeach: Attacking the credibility of a witness.
Independent Medical Exam: A medical exam performed by an independent
physician. It includes a brief review of the patient history and treatment to
date and a physical examination of the patient. The purpose of the examination
is to assist the physician in making a medical determination as to causation,
current physical impairment, and the necessity of current and future treatment.
Injectors: Locomotive boiler water feed apparatus. Water in the
boiler is consumed as steam is generated and it is essential that the water is
replaced quickly to allow steam production to be maintained and to prevent too
low a water level causing a collapse of the firebox crown.
Interlocutory Order: Temporary order issued during the course of
litigation. Typically cannot be appealed because it is not final.
Interrogatories: Part of the pre-trial discovery (fact-finding)
process in which a witness provides written answers to written questions under
oath. The answers often can be used as evidence in the trial.
Injunction: A court order requiring a person to do, or to refrain from
doing, a particular thing.
Instructor Pilot: An aviator who conducts training and evaluation of
pilots and other crew members in designated aircraft and promotes safety among
aviators. Training and evaluation include aircraft operation, qualification,
unit employment, visual and instrument flight, and crew performance.
Instrustrument Examiner: An aviator qualified to give instrument
flight examinations and conduct instrument flight training.
Intentional Infliction Of Emotionaldistress: Intentionally causing
severe emotional distress by extreme or outrageous conduct.
Intentional Tort: An intentional tort exists only when an employee is
injured as a result of a deliberate act of the employer and the employer
specifically intended an injury. An employer is deemed to have intended to
injure if the employer had actual knowledge that an injury was certain to occur
and willfully disregarded that knowledge.
Intercoastal: Domestic shipping routes serving more than one coast.
Water service between two coasts; in the U.S., this usually refers to water
service between the Atlantic and Pacific or Gulf Coasts.
Interrogation: A request for data.
Interrogatories: A written set of questions sent from one party to the
other during the discovery process.
