In Extenso
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Fully; at length; a copy of a document made verbatim. IN EXTREMIS (Lat).. At the very end. In the last moments; on the point of death. IN FACIE CURIi€. In the face of the court.
Dyer 28.
IN FACIE ECCLESlyE (Lat). In the face or presence of the church. A marriage is said to be made in facie ecclesice when made in a consecrated church or chapel, or by a clerk in orders elsewhere; and one of these two things is necessary to a marriage in England in order to the wife’s having dower, unless there be a dispensation or license; 1 Blsh. Mar. Div. & Sep. 404.
But see 6 & 7 Will. IV. c. 86; 1 Viet. c. 22; 3 & 4 Viet c. 72.
It was anciently the practice to marry at the church door, and there make a verbal assignment of dower. These verbal assignments, to prevent fraud, were necessarily held valid only when made in facie et ad ostittm ecclesiw.
See 2 Bla. Com. 103; Taylor, Gloss. iN FACIENDO (Lat).
In doing.
Story, Eq. Jur. § 1308.