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IMMUNITY – an exemption from prosecution,
generally from information of testimony of value to
the state.

IMPEACHMENT – in a trial, the process of
discrediting or contradicting the testimony of a
witness to show that he or she is unworthy of
belief.

IMPERIUM IN IMPERIO – a sovereignty within a
sovereignty.

IMPOSED POLICY – this type of policy comes from
the government in the forms of laws,
administrative orders, and rules and procedures or
contract specifications.

IMPOTENCY – is the physical incapacity of either sex
to allow or grant to the other legitimate sexual
gratification.

IMPOTENTIA EXCUSAT LEGEM – impossibility is an
excuse in the law.

IMPRISONMENT – putting the offender in prison for
the purpose of protecting the public against
criminal activities and at the same time
rehabilitating the prisoners by requiring them to
undergo institutional treatment programs.

IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE – a homemade
device consisting of explosives/incendiary and
firing components necessary to initiate explosion.

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