IDENTITY. Sameness. In cases of lar ceny, trover, and replevin, the things in ques tion must be identified. 4 Blackstone, Comm. 396. So, too, the identity of articles taken or injured must be proved in all indictments where taking property is the gist of the offence, and in actions of tort for damage to specific property. Many other cases occur in which identity must he proved in regard either to persons or things. The question is sometimes one of great practical difficulty, as in case of the death of strangers, reappearance after a long absence, and the like. See Ryan, Med. Jur. 301 ; 1 Beck, Med. Jur. 509 ; 1 Hall, Am. Law Jour. 70 ; 6 Carr. & P. 677 ; 1 Crompt. & M. Exch. 730 ; 1 Hagg. Cons. 189 ; Shel ford, Marr. & D. 226 ; Best, Pres. App. Case 4 ; Wills, Circ. Ey. 143 et seq.
IDES (Lat.). In Civil Law. A day in the month from which the computation of days was made.
The divisions of montbs.adopted among the Ro mans were as follows. The calends occurred on the first day of every month, and were distinguished by adding the name of the month : as, ealendis Jannnrii, the first of January. The noses occurred
on the fifth of each month, with the exception of March, July, October, and May, in which months they occurred on the seventh. The ides occurred always on the ninth day after the ?zones, thus di viding the month equally. In fact, the ides would seem to have been the primal division, occurring in the middle of the month, nearly. Other days than the three designated were indicated by the number of days which would elapse before the next succeed ing point of division. Thus, the second of April is the quarto mama Aprilia ; the second of March, the aexto non as Martii; the eighth of veto vies idea Martii ; the eighth of April, sextus idea the sixteenth of March, deeintus septimus ealendis Aprilia. • This system is still used in some chanceries in Europe; and we therefore give the following