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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

See Knowledge, 1; Implication. IN. Introduces English, French, and Latin phrases: 1.

English, (i) The preposition: within, inside of, surrounded by.'? Under a statute requiring notices to be posted " in " public places, a posting " at" such places may not be sufficient.^ ■ Hess V. Muir, 65 Md. 586, 598 (1886). = Union Pacific R. Co. v. Cbmmissioners, 4 Neb. 466 (1876); Dawson County ij.

Mc Namar, 10 id. 281 (1880); Traver v. Merrick County, 14 id.

333 (1S83); Blair v. Cuming County, 111 U. S. 370-73 (1884), cases. " Chase v. Jef ts, 58 N. H. 281 (1878). < [Emerson v. Bowers, 14 N. Y. 454 (1866): s. 0. 14 Barb. 660; CoopB v. Lowen'e, 1 Barb. (3h. 47 (184S). ' People V. Hain, 62 Cal. 123. (1882). • Dillon V, Rogers, 36 Tex. 163 (1871). ' See Mayor of New York v. Second Avenue E. C!o., In a bond payable " in twenty -five years "means, at the end o£ that period, not within nor at any time dinging the period.' " The city of Wichita claims that when the act was passed there was no Gilbert's addition in the city, upon which the act could operate. Such addition may have been in the town or city, considering the collective body of people in that vicinity as the town or city, and not merely the corporate limits." ' In action. See Action, 2; Chose. In banc or bank. See Bank, 2 (1), In blank. See Blank. In case. See Case, 1. In chief. See Chief. In court. See Out, Of court. In equity. See Equity; Law. In evidence. See Evidence. In fact. See Fact. In fuU. See Indorsement. 2; Receipt, 2. In gross. See Gross. In kind.

See Kind.

In law

See Fact; Law. In like manner. See Likewise. In mercy. See Merct. In possession. See Possession. In tbat case or, event.

See Then; Upon, 2.

In the peace.

See Peace, 1.

In the presence. See Presence. In the same manner. See Manner. (2) The adverb: not out, within; invested with title or possession: as, " in " by descent, "in" by purchase.

2. French.

Used for en — equivalent to the English and Latin in. In autre droit. In another's right. See Droit. In pais or pays. In the country: iq deed. See Pais. In ventre. In the womb. See Abortion; Venter.

3.

Latin. (1) An inseparable particle, meaning not. Like the English un, negatives the sense of the simple word. Before I, changes to il, as in illegal; before b, m, p, (labials), changes to im, as in imbecile, immaterials; before r, changes to ir, as in irregular, irrelevant. Compare En, 8; Non. (2) A preposition, denoting rest or motion within or into a place or thing. Opposed to ex, coming out from within. May be translated in, into, within, among; to, toward, at; on, upon; against.

Compare En, 1.

In adversum. Against a resisting party. Compare In invitum. In eequali jure. In equal right. See Jus. In articulo mortis. At point of death.

See Article, 3.

In banco. In bank.

See Bank, 2 (1).

In bonis. In property. See Bona. In capita. Among the persons. See Caput. In capite. In chief. See Chief. In cujus rei testimonium. In testimony of which thing; in testimony whereof. In consimili casu. In like cause. See Casus, Consimili. In custodia legis. In possession of the law. See Custody. In dubiis. In matters of doubt. In esse. In existence; opposed to in posse, q. V. See Remainder; Sale. In extenso.

At length; fu Uy. See At Large, 1.

In extremis, (a) At the end, the last. See Article, 3; Nuncupative. (6) Under stress of apparent necessity. A movement in extremis by a vessel is not chargeable as a fault in the master or pilot, though erroneous and useless.' In facie eeclesise. Before the church. See Dower. • In fevorem libertatis. In favor of liberty. In favorem vitse. In favor of life. In flctione. See Fiction. Tn fieri. In the to be made: in the making; in process of being made, created, completed: not completed. During the term of a court, proceedings are said to be in fieri.^ In fine. At the end — of the page, title, etc. Abridged in fin., inf. In forma pauperis. As a poor person.

See Pauper, 1.

In foro conscientise. Before the bar of conscience. In foro domestico. Before the home tribunal. In foro seculari. Before the civil court. See Forum. In fraudem legis. In evasion of the law. In faturo. At a future time.

1 The Alabama, 17 F. R. 864 (1883), cases; 11 id. 932; Ua U. S. 526. 3 In genere.

In kind; opposed to in speeie, q. v. In gremio legis. In the bo Bom, protection, of law. See Lex. In hac parte. On this side. In hsec verba. In these words. See Verbum. In hoe. In this; as to this. In individuo. In the undivided state: entire. In inB,nitum. To infinity; indefinitely. In initiov In the beginning; from the first. In integruni. In the unbroken state: whole, entire. In invittun. Against one not Assenting: unwillingly; as, a tax levied in invitum. See Invitus. In judicio. By judicial procedure; in cburt. In jure. In right: rightfully. In limine. At the threshold: at first inception; at first opportunity. An objection to testimony must be offered in limine.^ In litem. In the suit. See Oath, In litem. In loco parentis. In the place of the parent. Guardians and teachers are said to stand in loco.parentis. See further Parens. -In miserieordia. In mercy. Abridged in m'ia. See Mercy. In mitiori sensu. In the milder meaning. See Slander; Sensus. -In mortua manu. In dead hand — mortjnain, q. v. In nubibus. In the clouds: in abeyance. -In nullo erratum. In nothing is there error. See Erratum. In odium spoliatoris. In hatred of a despoiler.

See Alteration, 3: Spoliation.

In pari causa. In an equal cause: equal right. In pari delicto. In equal wrongdoing. See Delictum. In pari materia. On like subject. See Materia; Repeal. In perpetjiam rei memoriam. For preserving evidence of the matter. In personam. Against the person; opposed to in rem, q. v. See Persona. In pios usus. For religious purposes.

See Use,, 3, Pious. In posse.

In possibility; opposed to in esse, q. v. In prseparatorio. In preparation: being fitted out.i In prsesenti. At present time. See Marriage. In propria persona. In his own person. See Persona. In propria causa. In his own suit. See Causa. In quo. In which. See Locus. In re. In the matter of: in regard to. See Res. In rem. Against a thing — property; opposed to in personam, q. v. See Res. In rerum natura. In the nature of things; in existence. In se. In itself. In solido; in solidum. For the whole; as an entire thing; exclusive of another. In the case of a joint and several obligation, each obligor is liable for the whole amount; so, possession by a partner accrues to all copartners.^ In specie. In the very thing; also, according to the precise terms; opposed to in genere, in kind.

See Deposit, 3; Distress (4); Genus; Loss, 3; Species.

In statu quo. In the condition in which — a person or thing was formerly. See Status; Rescission. In terrorem. For a warning: as a threat. In testimonium. In witness whereof. In thesi. For a proposition: in statement. In totidem verbis. In the very words: word for word. See Verbum. In toto. In the whole: entirely; absolutely. In transitu. In passage; on the way.

See Stoppage.