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Injunction - A prohibitive order or remedy issued by the court at the suit of the complaining party, which forbids the defendant to do some act which he is threatening or attempting to do. Conversely, it may require him to perform an act which he is obligated to perform but refuses to do.

Insolvent - When the total debt of an entity is greater than all of its property.

Instructions - Judge's explanation to the jury before it begins deliberations of the question it must answer and the applicable law governing the case. (Also referred to as charge.)

Intangible assets - Nonphysical items such as stock certificates, bonds, bank accounts, and pension benefits that have value and must be taken into account in estate planning.

Intentional tort - Wrong perpetrated by one who intends to break the law.

Interlocutory - Temporary; provisional; interim; not final.

Interrogatories - A set or series of written questions propounded to a party, witness, or other person having information or interest in a case; a discovery device.

Intervention - An action by which a third person who may be affected by a lawsuit is permitted to become a party to the suit.

Involuntary bankruptcy - A proceeding initiated by creditors requesting the bankruptcy court to place a debtor in liquidation.

Issue - 1. The disputed pint in a disagreement between parties in a lawsuit. 2. To send out officially, as in to issue an order.

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