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*The process of moving into a country without official permission to do so. | *The process of moving into a country without official permission to do so. | ||
===== Illegitimate Child ===== | |||
*A child born out of wedlock. A child whose parents are not married. | |||
===== Illinois and Michigan Canal ===== | ===== Illinois and Michigan Canal ===== | ||
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*A group of Native Americans that included the Cahokia, Kaskaskia, Michigamea, Moingwena, Peoria, and Tamaroa tribes. These tribes lived in what is now Illinois, southern Wisconsin, and parts of Missouri and Iowa until about 1660, when the Iroquois moved west and began attacking them. The Illinois suffered many attacks by other tribes and eventually settled in Indian Territory. | *A group of Native Americans that included the Cahokia, Kaskaskia, Michigamea, Moingwena, Peoria, and Tamaroa tribes. These tribes lived in what is now Illinois, southern Wisconsin, and parts of Missouri and Iowa until about 1660, when the Iroquois moved west and began attacking them. The Illinois suffered many attacks by other tribes and eventually settled in Indian Territory. | ||
===== Illinois Regional Archives Depository System ===== | ===== Illinois Regional Archives Depository System (IRAD) ===== | ||
*A system of archives and libraries in Illinois that | *A system of archives and libraries in Illinois that hold local government records of genealogical and historical value. The IRAD system is divided into seven [http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/irad/iradregn.html regions], each housed at a different university.<br> | ||
===== Illinois Supreme Court ===== | ===== Illinois Supreme Court ===== | ||
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*Records that parish ministers in Sweden kept to document people who moved into or away from the parish. | *Records that parish ministers in Sweden kept to document people who moved into or away from the parish. | ||
===== Incompetent adult ===== | ===== Incompetent adult ===== | ||
*An adult who is deemed by a court of law to be incapable of managing his or her own affairs. | *An adult who is deemed by a court of law to be incapable of managing his or her own affairs. | ||
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*Copies of contractual agreements kept by Danish trade guilds. | *Copies of contractual agreements kept by Danish trade guilds. | ||
===== Indent or Indent Slip, England probate ===== | ===== Indent or Indent Slip, England probate ===== | ||
*A page or small slip of paper preceding the will or other document that follows, giving the name and place of residence of the testator and the date of the will or probate. | *A page or small slip of paper preceding the will or other document that follows, giving the name and place of residence of the testator and the date of the will or probate. | ||
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===== Indenture: ===== | ===== Indenture: ===== | ||
*legal agreement that commits one person to work for another for a specific period of time in exchange for living expenses, travel expenses, or both. Indentures were used to bind apprentices to their masters. | (1)*legal agreement that commits one person to work for another for a specific period of time in exchange for living expenses, travel expenses, or both. Indentures were used to bind apprentices to their masters. | ||
(2) a legal agreement between parties that was executed in two or more copies for the purpose of transferring control, land claims, apprenticeships, etc. | |||
===== Indenture list ===== | ===== Indenture list ===== | ||
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*Money paid to a government on property inherited from a deceased person's estate. | *Money paid to a government on property inherited from a deceased person's estate. | ||
===== Inhibition or Inhibit | ===== Inhibition or Inhibit, Inhibited ===== | ||
*In English law: | *In English law: when the function of a lower level ecclesiastical court or authority is stopped or prevented by a higher court or authority, such as a Bishop inhibiting or preventing the performance of duties of a minister under his authority. | ||
===== Initiatory ordinance, Latter-day Saint ===== | ===== Initiatory ordinance, Latter-day Saint ===== | ||
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===== Islam ===== | ===== Islam ===== | ||
*A religion originally preached by Mohammed, who was born approximately A.D. 600 in Mecca, Arabia. He taught that there is only one god, Allah, and that he, Mohammed, was god's messenger. The Koran contains the words of god as spoken to Mohammed by an angel. Islam is one of the largest religions in the world, with the largest concentrations of members in the Middle East, North Africa, | *A religion originally preached by Mohammed, who was born approximately A.D. 600 in Mecca, Arabia. He taught that there is only one god, Allah, and that he, Mohammed, was god's messenger. The Koran contains the words of god as spoken to Mohammed by an angel. Islam is one of the largest religions in the world, with the largest concentrations of members in the Middle East, North Africa, Türkiye, Albania, and Asia. | ||
[[Category:Glossary]] | [[Category:Glossary]] | ||
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