INDIRECT

A term almost always used ln law in opposition to "direct," though not the only antithesis of the latter word, as the terms "collateral" and "cro " are sometime11- used in contrast with "direct." As to indirect "Confe ion," "Contempt," "Evidence," and "Tax," see those titles. INDISPENSABLE, That which cannot be. spared, omitted i, or dispensed with. -Indispensable evidence. See EVIDENCE.- Indispensable parties. In a suit in equity, those who not only have an interest in the subject-matter of the controveTsy, but an interest of such a nature that a final decree cannot be made without either affecting their interests or leaving the controversy in such a condition that its final determination may be wholly inconsistent with equity and good conscience. Shields v. Barrow, 17 How. 139, 15 L. Ed. 158; Kendig v. Dean, 97 U. S. 425, ~24 L. Ed. 1061; Mallow v. Hinde, 12 Wheat. 193, 6 L. Ed. 599. [s. 624]