In Nomine Dei

AMEN (Lat.) In the name of God, Amen. A solemn form of introduction, anciently used in wills and many other instruments, public and private. The Proemia to the Institutes and Digests of Justinian commence, In nomine Domini nostri Jesu Christi, "In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." The confirmation of the Code and several of the Novels are introduced with the same form. Some old wills began, In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spirifus Sancti, Amen. Blount, voc. "Will." Mercantile instruments, such as protests, policies, procurations, etc., frequently began. In Dei nomine, Amen.

AMEN. In the name of God, Amen. A phrase, anciently used in wills and many other instruments, the translation of which is often used in wills at the present day, but chiefly by ignorant draughtsmen or testators.