Inter Vivos Trust
Another name for a living trust.
Interlocutory
Provisional; not final. An interlocutory order or an interlocutory appeal concerns only a part of the issues raised in a lawsuit.
Interrogatories
Written questions asked during discovery by one party in a lawsuit for which the opposing party must provide written answers.
Intervention
An action by which a third person who may be affected by a lawsuit is permitted to become a party to the suit.
Intestacy Laws
See descent and distribution statutes.
Intestate
Dying without a will.
Intestate Succession
The process by which the property of a person who has died without a will passes on to others according to the state's descent and distribution statutes. If someone dies without a will, and the court uses the state’s interstate succession laws, an heir who receives some of the deceased's property is an intestate heir.
Irrevocable Trust
A trust that, once set up, the grantor may not revoke.
Issue
The disputed point in a disagreement between parties in a lawsuit. 2. To send out officially, as in to issue an order.
Joint and Several Liability
A legal doctrine that makes each of the parties who are responsible for an injury, liable for all the damages awarded in a lawsuit if the other parties responsible cannot pay.