Law Dictionary

In all matters indeed, but especially in matters of right, equity should be regarded.

In everything, a thing arises which exterminates the thing itself.

In everything there arises a thing which destroys the thing itself. Everything contains the element of its own destruction. 2 Inst. 15.

Without counsel.

An intestate.

In the mouth.

On peaceful soil.

In the peace of God and the king.

Out of court, or without judicial process. Matter in pais is distinguished from matter of record. 2 Bl. Comm. 294. Conveyances were either by matter in pais or deed which was an as

In English practice. A term used of a record until its final enrollment on the parchment record. 3 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 406; 10 Mod. 88; 2 Lilly, Abr. 322; 4 Geo. II. IN PARI CAUSA

In a similar case; under like conditions.

Under like conditions, the party in possession ought to be deemed the stronger.

In an equal cause he who has the possession should be preferred. Dig. 50, 17, 128, 1.

Under like conditions the situation of the party in possession is the stronger.

a doctrine known by the Latin phrase in pari delicto, which literally means 'of equal fault'; the doctrine has been applied in a wide variety of situations in which a plaintiff see

Where the parties are equally at fault, the situation of the defendant is preferable. See 198 111. 130, 60 L. R. A. 286, 65 N. E. 84.

Where the parties are equally at fault the situation of the party in possession is preferable. See 64 Conn. 170, 24 L. R. A. 815, 29 Atl. 614.

A Court of Equity will not intervene to give relief to either party from the consequences of such an agreement. The maxim 'in pari delicto potior est conditio defendantis' must pre

Where the parties are equally at fault, the position of the defendant is the stronger. See 132 111. 342, 22 Am. St. Rep. 531, 8 L. R. A. 511, 24 N. E. 71.

Where the parties are equal 1y at fault, the position of the defendant and the party in possession is the stronger. See 132 111. 342, 22 Am. St. Rep. 531 8 L. R. A. 511, 24 N. E. 7

Where the parties are equally at fault, the position of the one in possession is the stronger. See 20 Mont. 560, 40 L. R. A. 158, 52 Pac. 553.

2 Burrows, 926. Where each party is equally in fault, the law favors him who is actually in possession.. Broom, Max. 290, 729. Where the fault is mutual, the law will leave the cas

In an equal cause. In & cause where the parties on each side have equal rights.. In pari causa possessor potior haberi debst. In an equal cause he who has the possession should be

The patent laws which give a 17-year monopoly on 'making, using, or selling the invention' are in pari materia with the antitrust laws and modify them pro tanto

On equal footing.

An addition of some useful thing to a machine, manufacture, or composition of matter. The patent law of July 4, 1836, authorizes the granting of a patent for any new and useful imp

In suffering; in permitting.

For purposes of clause (ii)(II), the term "inpatient hospital code" means any code that is used with respect to inpatient hospital services for which payment may be made

The term “inpatient hospital services” means the following items and services furnished to an inpatient of a hospital and (except as provided in paragraph (3)) by the hospital— (1)

For the purposes of this subsection, the term “inpatient Medicare deductible” means the amount of the inpatient hospital deductible in effect under section 1813(b) of the Social Se

The term “inpatient psychiatric hospital services” means inpatient hospital services furnished to an inpatient of a psychiatric hospital.

For purposes of paragraph (16) of subsection (a), the term "inpatient psychiatric hospital services for individuals under age 21" includes only— (A) inpatient services wh

In the breast of the court. See Breast .

Inthe breast of the judge. Latch, 180. A phrase applied to a judgment.

On the worse side.

1. The lower of two grades of authority or jurisdiction; subordinate: as. an inferior court or tribunal, an inferior officer. Opposed, sttpei-ior. See Court; Officer. 2. Of less wo

In suspense.

A statement of the facts constituting the defense required to accompany a general plea. Thus, with a plea ot nil debet must be filed an affidavit of defense showing the facts by re

A tenant’s customary payment to the landlord upon entry.

In old English law. A customary payment of a penny on entering into and going out of a tenancy (pro exitu de tenura, et pro ingressu). Spelman; Cowell.

In perpetual memory of the thing.

Forever.

In perpetual testimony of the thing.

Without counsel in the conduct of one’s action or defense.

where the judgment sought is strictly in personam, both the state court and the federal court, having concurrent jurisdiction, may proceed with the litigation at least until judgme

QUA CUM eo agimus qui obligatus est nobis ad faciendum aliquid vel dandum. The action in personam is that by which we sue him who is under obligation to us to do something or give

An action in personam is one in which we sue one who is obligated to us to do something or to give something.

where the judgment sought is strictly in personam, both the state court and the federal court, having concurrent jurisdiction, may proceed with the litigation at least until judgme

In the Roman law, from which they are taken, the expressions "in rem" and "in personam" were always opposed to one another, an act or proceeding in personam being one done or direc

The Nevada decree that is said to wipe out respondent's claim for alimony under the New York judgment is nothing less than an attempt by Nevada to restrain respondent from assertin

It is true that, in a strict sense, a proceeding in rem is one taken directly against property, and has for its object the disposition of the property, without reference to the tit

The term “in-person medical evaluation” means a medical evaluation that is conducted with the patient in the physical presence of the practitioner, without regard to whether portio

For religious use.

In mining law, rock or mineralized matter is "in place" when remaining as nature placed it, that is, unsevered from the circumjacent rock or which is fixed solid and immovable in t

Reason; motive. In a replication de injuria, for example, the plaintiff alleges that the defendant of his own wrong and without the cause by him, etc., where the word "cause" compr

In full life.

In the full county court. See 3 Bl. Comm. 36.

In full light; in daytime.

In penal cases the more liberal interpretation is to be made.

In possibility; in potentiality.

In future.

In the power, or under the control, of the parent.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “in practice” refers to an activity normally performed in such country during the one-year period preceding the arrival of such vessel int

In attestation of the premises.

2 Inst. 57. In things preceding judgment the plaintiff is favored.

In those matters preceding a judgment the plaintiff is favored.

At present; to take effect at once. See 106 U. S. 360, 27 L. Ed. 201, 1 Sup. Ct. Rep. 336.

In the presence.

In the presence of the superior power, the inferior power ceases. See 13 How. (U. S.) 142, 14 L. Ed. 75.

the company took a present title, as of the date of the act, to the lands embraced by the terms of the grant; the words 'that there be, and hereby is, granted' importing 'a transfe

Such as might be taken by the tenant. Applied to incorporeal hereditaments, which see. See, also, In render.

In the price of buying and selling, it is naturally permitted that those concerned should cheat one another.

(Law Lat.) In the first place. Mag. Cart. Johan. c. 1. IN PRINCiPIO (Lat. at the beginning). This is frequently used in citations; as, Bac. Abr. "Legacies in pr."

At the beginning.

In the beginning.

In confirmation or attestation of the premises. A notarial phrase.

Identity of parties is not essential, the adjudication attaching to the res. See 1 Mete. (Mass.) 204. RES JUDICATA FACIT EX ALBO Nigrum, ex nigro album, ex curvo rectum, ex recto c

Impromptu; in readiness.

No one can be judge in his own cause. 12 Coke, 13.

No one can be judge in his own cause. 12 Coke, 13. IN PROPRIA PERSONA (Lat.) In his person; himself; as, the defendant appeared in propria persona; the plaintiff argued the cause i

In one’s own person or behalf.

In the next, or nearest, degree.

At the present time. 2 Bl. Comm. 166. Used in opposition to in futuro. See Van Wyck v. Knevals, 106 In S. 360, 1 Sup. Ch 336, 27 L. Ed. 201.

In the presence of the superior power, the Inferior power ceases. Jenk. Co.nt. 214, c. 53. The less authority is mefged in the greater. Broom, Max. 111. v

The term “input current” means the root-mean-square (RMS) current in amperes delivered to a fluorescent lamp ballast.

In equal right; on an equality in point of right.

In [a case of] equal right the condition of the party in possession is the better. Plowd. 296; Broom, Max. 713.

In equal hand; held equally or indifferently between two parties. Where an instrument was deposited by the parties to it in the hands °f a third person, to keep on certain conditio

In equal hand. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 14, § 2.

To the extent to which he has profited.

A judicial inquiry by a jury; the finding thereof. See Coroner .

See Lunacy.

An inquiry made by the king's officer, his sheriff, coroner, or escheator, either virtute officii, or by writ sent to him for that purpose, or by commissioners specially appointed,

An inquest which directs a general inquiry as to the methods in which the sheriffs had been conducting the local government of the country (1170). 1 Holdsw. 11. E. L. 21.

In civil law. The hirer of

In fifteen days.

An authorization to institute an inquiry in the government’s behalf.

WRIT OF, A writ sued out by a plaintiff in a case where the defendant has let the proceedings go by default, and an interlocutory judgment has been given for damages generally, whe

the point where the facts would lead a reasonably diligent plaintiff to investi gate further, that point is not necessarily the point at which the plaintiff would already have disc

The question is not, whether the defendant in fact saw any of the muniments of title, but whether he was not bound to see them. It will not do for a purchaser to close his eyes to