IKE

5 definitions found across Law Mind sources

IKEAuthored
The Law Mind • 372 words
Definition
"Ike" does not appear to have an independent legal meaning as a term of art. The single entry in Burrill's Law Dictionary at pages 66–67 appears to be a typographical, indexing, or scanning artifact—the substantive content attached to that reference is the Latin phrase *idonea paries* (a sufficient wall), which is a distinct legal term, not a definition of "ike." No other recognized historical or modern legal dictionary treats "ike" as a legal term. As a legal research matter, this entry should be treated as a non-term: a ghost entry produced by imperfect source indexing rather than genuine legal vocabulary.
Why It Matters in Research
Researchers encountering "ike" in a Law Mind corpus search should be aware of two practical issues. First, the Burrill citation resolves to *idonea paries*, a term from property and building law referring to a wall of sufficient strength or character to serve a legal purpose—researchers who find this passage should search instead under that Latin phrase, not under "ike." Second, digitized and OCR-processed historical legal dictionaries frequently generate ghost entries when headers, running titles, abbreviations, or typographical marks are misread as headwords. This entry appears to be a product of exactly that process. No independent legal definition of "ike" is supported by the source material or by any other standard legal dictionary in the historical record. If you arrived here seeking a substantive concept, the most likely intended term is *idonea paries*. See that entry.
Historical Dictionary Support
Burrill's Law Dictionary is the sole source flagging this term, and the content assigned to it—*idonea paries; a sufficient wall* with citation to Calvin's Lexicon—belongs to that separate Latin entry. The reference to T. Raym. 225 (Sir Thomas Raymond's Reports) is consistent with a property or nuisance law context in which wall sufficiency was litigated, but nothing in that citation or the surrounding passage defines or uses "ike" as a legal word. No corroborating entry appears in Black's, Bouvier's, Tomlin's, Jacob's, or any other shelf source consulted.
Related Terms
Idonea paries — the term to which this Burrill entry actually refers Sufficient wall — the plain-English equivalent of idonea paries Partition wall — related property concept in historical sources
IKEmain
Burrill's Law Dictionary • 1870
(40) 66, 67. T. Raym. 225. Idonea paries; a sufficient wall. Calv. Lex.
Ikename
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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A diminutive of the male given name Isaac.
Ikename
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Ikenoun
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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An Eisenhower dollar.

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