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.