Insolvent law , or Act of insolvency, a law affording relief, subject to various modifications in different
States, to insolvent debtors, upon their delivering up their property for the benefit of their creditors.
See Bankrupt law, under Bankrupt, a.
Insolvent (In*sol"vent), n. (Law) One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; in England, before 1861,
especially applied to persons not traders. Bouvier.
Insomnia (In*som"ni*a) n. [L., fr. insomnis sleepless; pref. in- not + somnus sleep.] Want of sleep; inability
to sleep; wakefulness; sleeplessness.
Insomnious (In*som"ni*ous) a. [L. insomniosus, fr. insomnia insomnia.] Restless; sleepless. Blount.
Insomnolence (In*som"no*lence) n. Sleeplessness.
Insomuch (In`so*much") adv. So; to such a degree; in such wise; followed by that or as, and formerly
sometimes by both. Cf. Inasmuch.
Insomusch as that field is called . . . Aceldama. Acts i. 19.
Simonides was an excellent poet, insomuch that he made his fortune by it. L'Estrange. Insonorous (In`so*no"rous) a. Not clear or melodious.
Insooth (In*sooth") adv. In sooth; truly. [Archaic]
Insouciance (||In`sou`ciance") n. [F.] Carelessness; heedlessness; thoughtlessness; unconcern.
Insouciant (||In`sou`ciant") a. [F.] Careless; heedless; indifferent; unconcerned. J. S. Mill.
Insoul (In*soul") v. t. To set a soul in; reflexively, to fix one's strongest affections on. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
[He] could not but insoul himself in her. Feltham.
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