Also known as: indicium · indicate · indicator · indications · signs
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Signs or indications that suggest or point to a particular fact, conclusion, or legal status.
Ira Irving confessed to a friend that he had hidden stolen funds in a warehouse. Prosecutors offered the statement against Ira at trial. The court examined the surrounding details, including the friend's independent knowledge of the warehouse location and Ira's later actions matching the confession, to decide whether those details supplied the required indicia supporting admission.
Idris Ives sent Innovate Pharmaceuticals a signed email listing the drug quantities and delivery dates they had discussed. When the company later denied any agreement, Idris pointed to the email's specific terms as indicia that a contract had been formed between the parties.
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Ismael Ibrahim tore up his 2018 will and executed a new one in 2020. Two years later he wrote a codicil expressly referencing the 2018 document and stating his intent to restore it. The codicil's language supplied the indicia needed to revive the earlier will under the applicable revival rules.
An anonymous caller told police that Ivan Ivanov would leave his apartment at 8 a.m. carrying a backpack of narcotics and drive to a specific intersection. Officers observed the exact predicted movements. The accurate forecast of future conduct provided the indicia of reliability needed for reasonable suspicion.
Icarus Aviation manufactured six custom aircraft for Infinity Bank under a contract the bank later repudiated. After reasonable marketing efforts failed to produce buyers at a reasonable price, the manufacturer sued for the price. The inability to resell supplied the indicia that recovery of the price was appropriate.
Imani Idowu created a trust for charitable ends but left the precise purpose unspecified. When the trustee sought court guidance, the court reviewed the settlor's other writings and family history as indicia of intent before designating a beneficiary consistent with that intent.
Courts look to surrounding circumstances and any corroborating evidence to determine whether the statement carries sufficient indicia of trustworthiness for admission in a criminal case.
The writing must contain language or details that serve as indicia that the parties reached an agreement on the subject matter described.
A codicil, reexecution, or subsequent will whose terms demonstrate an intent to restore the earlier will supplies the necessary indicia of revival.
An accurate prediction of the suspect's future movements or conduct can furnish the indicia showing the caller possessed inside knowledge of criminal activity.
Evidence that reasonable resale efforts would be unavailing supplies the indicia that recovery of the price is warranted rather than damages for nonacceptance.
The court examines the settlor's other statements and circumstances as indicia of intent and then chooses a purpose consistent with that intent.
…the appointment, the law contemplates delivery to the Secretary since he is directed to affix the seal after the President signs. If delivery is necessary it has been delivered when executed and given to the Secretary for sealing, recording and transmission. In letters patent certain solemnities are required by law…