Latin for Lawyers

IN REM JURISDICTION

interest in the property involved. (Examples of actions in rem : action to parti tion real estate; action to foreclose a mortgage; attachment.) See ACTIO IN REM; IN PERSONAM; QUASI IN REM IN REM JURISDICTION The power of a court to seize or exercise control over a thing or item of prop erty pending determination of the rights of all parties concerning the prop erty. IN REM SUUM Concerning his own things or his own affairs. His own business. IN RIXA [L. in + rixor, rixa / to quarrel, a quarrel] During a fight or quarrel. See HOMICIDIUM IN RIXO INSANITY [L in / not + sanus / sound, healthy (from sano, sanare / to heal)] Incapacity or inability to enter into enforceable legal relationships. A mental defect which makes a person unable to understand the nature of his actions or to distinguish right from wrong. The Model Penal Code recognizes insanity as a defense to crime. Under the Code, a defendant is insane if “he lacks sub stantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality (wrongfulness) of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law.” § 4.01. INSCRIBE [L. in + scribo, scribere / to engrave or write] To write upon. To place one's signature upon. To create a permanent written record. To enter a name upon a public record. IN SCRINIO JUDICIS [L. in + scrinium / a case for papers or books + iudex, iudicis / judge] Among the judge’s own papers. Notes and papers used by a judge during a trial but not forming a part of the official record. INSCRIPTION [L. in + scribere / to engrave, to write upon metal or stone with a sharp instrument; to write] Anything that is written or engraved. For example, a mortgage is inscribed or “recorded” in a public record, usually in a Book of Mortgages. INSECURITY CLAUSE A clause in a contract or other instrument which permits a party who becomes concerned about the other party's performance to require either immediate payment or performance or the deposit of sufficient collateral to protect against future loss or damage.

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