Also known as: insert · inserts · inserted · inserting
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To place additional wording within or around the existing text of a document, motion, or other legal instrument.
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Ike Ingram drafted the required notice of default for Island Manufacturing's mortgage. He inserted a specific reference to the state foreclosure statute into the document before sending it to each obligor. The insertion ensured compliance with the thirty-day cure period.
Iris Irons prepared the trust instrument for Infinity Bank as trustee. She inserted an exculpatory term relieving the trustee of liability. The court later found the insertion resulted from an abuse of the fiduciary relationship to the settlor.
Ivy Ibarra moved to disqualify the judge under the conduct rules. The motion inserted a new clause detailing recent campaign contributions by the party's law firm. The insertion triggered the timeliness requirement for the judge's recusal decision.
Igor Ito proposed an amendment during the trust accounting hearing. He inserted language specifying the exact method of notice to absent beneficiaries. The insertion satisfied the constitutional standard for due process.
Ira Irving offered a revision to the proposed legislation. He inserted a clause affirming Congress's enumerated powers under the Constitution. The insertion framed the debate over federal authority relative to the states.
Idina Iverson amended the complaint in the federal funding challenge. She inserted a paragraph establishing the logical link between her taxpayer status and the challenged expenditure. The insertion addressed the nexus requirement for standing.
Inserting places the new language within or around existing text. Adding places it after the current wording. The distinction affects how the amended motion reads as a whole.
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…might not yet have been performed. In commissions when they are signed and sealed the order for recording is given; whether inserted in the book or not they are in law recorded and a copy of that record is declared equal to the original. Therefore, when a commission is signed by the President and the seal affixed by the…