KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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IN RE PARI POTIOREM OAUSAM

IN PLACE

IN FRIMIS. In the first place. A phrase used In argument

IN PLACE. In mining law, rock or min eralized matter is "in place" when remain ing as nature placed it, that Is, unsevered from the circumjacent rock, or which is fixed solid and immovable in the form of a vein or lode. See Williams v. Gibson, 84 Ala. 228, 4 South. 350, 5 Am. St. Rep. 368; Ste vens v. Williams, 23 Fed. Cas. 44; Tabor v. Dexler, 23 Fed. Cas. 615; Leadville Co. v. Fitzgerald, 15 Fed. Cas. 99; Jones v. Pros pect Mountain Tunnel Co., 21 Nev. 339, 31 Pac. 645. IN PLENA VITA. In full life. Tearb. P. 18 Hen. VI. 2. IN PLENO COMTTATTT. In full coun ty court. 3 Bl. Comm. 36. IN PLENO LTTMINE. In public; In common knowledge; In the light of day. In poenalibns causis benignius inter pretandnnt est. In penal causes or cases, the more favorable Interpretation should be adopted. Dig. 50, 17, (197), 155, 2; Plowd. 866, 124; 2 Hale, P. C. 365. IN POSSE. In possibility; not in actual existence. See IN ESSE. IN POTESTATE PARENTIS. In the power of a parent. Inst. 1, 8, pr.; Id. 1, 9; 2 Bl. Comm.' 498. IN PRiEMISSORUM FIDEM. In con firmation or attestation of the premises. A notarial phrase. In prseparatoriis ad judicium favetur actori. 2 Inst. 57. In things preceding judgment the plaintiff is favored. IN PR^JSENTI. At the present time. 2 Bl. Comm. 166. Used In opposition to in futuro. See Van Wyck v. Knevals, 106 U. S. 360, 1 Sup. Ct. 336, 27 I/. Ed. 201. In prsesentia majoris potestatis, mi nor potestas cessat. In the presence of the superior power, the Inferior power ceas es. Jenk. Cent. 214, c. 53. The less author ity Is merged in the greater. Broom, Max. 111. v IN PRENDER. L. Fr. In taking. A term applied to such Incorporeal heredita ments as a party entitled to them was to take for himself; such as common. 2 Steph. Comm. 23; 3 BL Comm. 15. In pretio emptionis et venditionis, na turaliter licet contrahentibua se cir c—mvenire. In the price of buying and sell- •Ing, it Is naturally allowed to the contract ing parties to overreach eaeh other. 1 Story, Cont. 606.

IN PRINCIPIO. At the beginning.

IN PROMPTU. In readiness; at hand. In propria causa nemo judex. No one can be judge in his own cause. 12 Coke, 13. IN PROPRIA PERSONA. In one's own proper person. In quo quis delinquit, in eo de jure est puniendus. In whatever thing one offends, In that is he rightfully to be punished. Co. Litt. 2336/ Wing. Max. 204, max. 58. The punishment shall have relation to the nature of the offense. IN RE. In the affair; in the matter of. This is the usual method of entitling a judi cial proceeding in which there are not adver sary parties, but merely some res concerning which judicial action is to be taken, such as a bankrupt's estate, an estate in the probate court, a proposed public highway, etc. It is also sometimes used as a designation of a proceeding where one party makes an appli cation on his own behalf, but such proceed ings are more usually entitled "Ex parte _ _ _ _ _ » » In re communi neminem dominorunt jure facere quicquam, invito altero, posse. One co-proprietor can exercise no authority over the common property against the will of the other. Dig. 10, 3, 28. In re communi potior est conditio pro bibentis. In a partnership the condition of one who forbids is the more favorable. In re dubia, benigniorem interpreta tionem sequi, non minus justius est quant tutius. In a doubtful matter, to follow the more liberal interpretation is not less the juster than the safer course. Dig. 50, 17, 192, 1. In re dubia, magis inficiatio quam af firmatio intelligenda. In a doubtful mat ter, the denial or negative is to be under stood, [or regarded,] rather than the affirm ative. Godb. 37. In re lupanari, testes lupanares ad mittentur. In a matter concerning a brothel, prostitutes are admitted as wit nesses. Van Epps r. Van Epps, 6 Barb. (N. T.) 320, 324. In re pari potiorem causam esse pro bibentis constat. In a thing equally shared [by several] it Is clear that the party refus ing [to permit the use of it] has the better cause. Dig. 10, 3, 28. A maxim' applied