Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

IN NOMINE DEI, AMEN

IN JURE ALTERIUS

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action was divided into two stages. The first was said to be injure; it took place be fore the praetor, and included the formal and introductory part and the settlement of ques tions of law. The second stage was com mitted to the judex, and comprised the in vestigation and trial of the facts; this was said to be in judicio. IN JURE ALTERIUS. In another's right. Hale, Anal. § 26. In jure, non remota causa sed proxi ma spectatur. Bac. Max. reg. 1. In law, the proximate, and not the remote, cause is regarded. IN JURE PROPRIO. In one's own right. Hale, Anal. § 26. I N J U S VOCARE. To call, cite, or summon to court, lnst. 4, 16, 3; Calvin. In jus vocando, summoning to court. 3 Bl. Comm. 279. IN KIND. In the same kind, class, or genus. A loan is returned "in kind" when not the identical article, but one correspond ing and equivalent to it, is given to the lender. See IN GENERE. IN LAW. In the intendment, contem plation, or inference of the law; implied or interred by law; existing in law or by force of law. See IN FACT. IN LECTO MORTALI. On the death bed. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 28, § 12. IN LIMINE. On or at the threshold; at the very beginning; preliminarily. IN LITEM. For a suit; to the suit. Greenl. Ev. § 348. IN LOCO. In place; in lieu; instead; in the place or stead. Townsh. PI. 38. IN LOCO PARENTIS. In the place of a parent; instead of a parent; charged, facti tiously, with a parent's rights, duties,, and responsibilities. In majore summa continetur minor. 5 Coke, 115. In the greater sum is contained the less. IN MAJOREM CAUTELAM. For greater security. 1 Strange, 105, arg. IN MALAM PARTEM. In a bad sense, so as to wear an evil appearance. In maleflciis voluntas spectatur, non exitus. In evil deeds regard must be had to the intention, and not to the result. Dig. 48, 8, 14; Broom, Max. 324.

In maleflcio, ratihabitio mandato com paratur. In a case of malfeasance, ratifica tion is equivalent to command. Dig. 50,17, 152, 2. In maxima potentla minima llcentia. In the greatest power there is the least free dom. Hob. 159. IN MEDIAS RES. Into the heart of the subject, without preface or introduction. IN MEDIO. Intermediate. A term ap plied, in Scotch practice, to a fund held be tween parties litigant. In mercibus illioitis non sit commer cium. There should be no commerce in illicit or prohibited goods. 3 Kent, Comm. 262, note. IN MERCY. To be in mercy is to be at the discretion of the king, lord, or judge in respect to the imposition of a fine or other punishment. IN MISERICORDIA. The entry on the record where a party was in mercy was, "Ideo in misericordia,'* etc. Sometimes "misericordia" means the being quit of all amercements. IN MITIORI SENSU. In the milder sense; in the less aggravated acceptation. In actions of slander, it was formerly the rule that, if the words alleged would admit of two constructions, they should be taken in the less injurious and defamatory sense, or in mitiori sensu. IN MODUM ASSISJE. In the manner or form of an assize. Bract, fol. 1836. In modwn juratce, in manner of a jury. Id. fol. 1816. IN MORA. In default; literally, in de lay. In the civil law, a borrower who omits or refuses to return the thing loaned at the proper time is said to be in mora. Story, Bailm. §§ 254. 259. In Scotch, law. A creditor who has be gun without completing diligence necessary for attaching the property of bis debtor is said to be in mora. Bell. IN MORTUA MANU. Property owned by religious societies was said to be held in mortua manu, or in mortmain, since relig ious men were civiliter mortui. 1 Bl. Comm 479; Tayl. Gloss. IN NOMINE DEI, AMEN. In thr name of God, Amen. A solemn introduc tion, anciently used in wills and many othei

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