In Law

Implied by law; depending on legal fiction or intendment. IN LECTO MORTAL! (Lat.) On the death bed. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 28, § 12. IN LIMINE (Lat.) In or at the beginning. This phrase is frequently used; as, the courts are anxious to check crimes in limine. IN LITEM (Lat. ad litem). For a suit; to the suit. Greenl. Ev. § 348. IN LOCO (Lat.) In place; in lieu; in stead; in the place or stead. Towns. PL 38. IN LOCO PARENTIS (Lat.) In the place of a parent; as, the master stands towards his apprentice in loco parentis. IN MAJORE SUMMA CONTINETUR Minor. In the greater sum is contained the less. 5 Coke, 115. IN MAJOREM CAUTELAM (Lat.) For greater security. 1 Strange, 105, arg. IN MALEFICIIS VOLUNTAS SPECTAtur non exitus. In offenses, the intention is regarded, not the event. Dig. 48. 8. 14; Bac. Max. reg. 7; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 292. IN MALEFICIO RATIHABITO MANDAto comparetur. In a tort, ratification is equivalent to a command. Dig. 50. 17. 152. 2. IN MAXIMA POTENTIA MINIMA LICENtia. In the greatest power there is the least liberty. Hob. 159. IN MEDIO (Law Lat.) Intermediate. A term applied, in Scotch practice, to a fund held between parties litigant. IN MERCIBUS ILLICITIS NON SIT COMmercrum. No commerce should be in illicit goods. 3 Kent, Comm. 262, note.

In contemplation of law; implied by law; subsisting by force of law. See In Fact. IN LECTO MORt AlI. On a deathbed. Fleta, 6, 28, 12. IN LIBERAM ELEM08INAM. In free alms. Land given for a charitable motive was said to be so given. See Frankalmoin, IN LIMINE (Lat.). In or at the beginning. This phrase is frequently used: as, the courts are anxious to check crimes in limine. IN LITEM (Lat). For a suit; to the suit Greenl. Ev. § 348.

In the intendment, contemplation, or inference of the law; implied or inferred by law; existing in law or by force of law. See In Fact.