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In Scotch practice. An order or decree of court; an order made ln open court 2 Swint. 362; Arkley, 32

The act of writ-ing between the lines of an instrument; also what is written between lines. Morris v. Vanderen, 1 Dall. 67, 1 L. Ed. 38;, Russell v. Eubanks, 84 Mo. 88

IM. Lat In the mean time; meanwhile. An assignee ad interim Is oue appolnted between the time of bankruptcy and appointment of the regular assignee. 2 Bell, Comm. 355

In patent law, this term designates a collision between rights claimed or granted; that ls, where a persou claims a patent for the whole or any integral part of the ground already covered by an existing patent or by a pending application. Milton v. Kingsley, 7 App. D. C. 540; De-derick v. Fox (C. C.) […]

Lat. Interest. The ln-terest of money; also an interest ln lands

Lat

In Frenob law

Communlcatlon; literally, a running or passlng between persons or places; commerce. As applied to two persons, the word standing alone, and with-out a descriptive or qualifying word, does not import sexual connection. People v. Howard, 143 Cal. 316, 76 Pac. 1116

To enjoy a common mutually or promiscuously with the lnhab-itants or tenants of a contiguous township, viii, or manor. 2 BL Comm. 33; 1 Crabby Real Prop. p. 271, $ 290

By way of ex

Lat In the civil iaw. To become bound for another’s debt

Lat. In the civil law. To introduce or insert among or between others; to introduce a day or month into the calendar; to Intercalate. Dig. 50, 16, 98, pr

Between the living; from one living person to another, where

Among the illit-erate or unlearned

Be

Between peers; between those who stand on a level or equality, as respects diligence, opportunity, responsibility, etc

(Between the jaws of the land.) A term used to describe a roadstead or arm of the sea en-closed between promontories or projecting headlands

Between conjunct persons. By the act 1621, c. 18, all conveyances or alienations between conjunct persons, unless granted for oner-ous causes, are declared, as ln a question with creditors, to be null and of no avail. Conjunct persons are those standing in a certnin degree of relationship to each other; snch, for example, as brothers, […]

Between husband and wife

(Lat. Be-tween the dog and the wolf.) The twilight; because then the dog seeks his rest, and the wolf his prey. 3 Inst 63

Among others; ln a general clause; not by name, (nominatimj

Between her arms. Fleta, llb. 1, c. 35, If 1, 2

Among the subtleties of. the law. See Apex Jubis

Between other persons; between those who are strangers to a matter in question

Among other things. A term anciently used ln pleading, especially in recitlng statutes, where the whole statute was not set forth at length. Inter alia enactatum fuit, among other things it was enacted. See Plowd. 65

Lat. Among; between

A writ that lay agalnst hlm who entered into lands after the death of a tenant ln dower, or for life, etc., and held out to him in reversion or remainder. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 203

IO. Lat In tbe civil law

1. In criminal law and the law of evidence. Purpose; formulated design; a resolve to do or forbear a particular act; aim; determination. In its literal sense, the stretching of the mind or will towards a particular object

The trne meaning, tbe correct understanding or inten-tion of the law; a presumption or Inference made by the courts. Co. Litt 78

In Spanish law. The Immediate ageut of the minister of finance^ or the chief and principal director of the different branches of the revenue, appointed in the various departments in each of the prov-lnces into which the Spanish monarchy is dl-vided. Escriche

This phrase is frequently used iu conveyances, when reciting some other conveyance which has not yet been recorded, but which forms a link in the chain of title. In Pennsylvania, it has been construed to be a covenant, on the part of the grantor, to procure the deed to be recorded in a reasonable time. […]

one who has the charge, management, or dlrectlon of some office, department, or public business

To design, resolve, purpose. To apply a rule of law in the nature of presumption; to discern and follow the proba-billties of llke cases

In pleading. The statement of matters of fact dlrectly (excluding the necessity of inference or argu-ment to arrive at the meaning) and in such appropriate terms, so arranged, as to be comprehensible by a person of common or ordi-nary understanding. See Merrill v. Everett, 38 Conn. 48; Davis v. Trump, 43 W. Va. 191, 27 […]

LaL whole; untouched. Res integra meaus a questlon which is new and undecided. 2 Kent, Comm. 177

Used chief-ly in the law of taxation, this term means such property as has no intrinsic and marketable value, but ls merely the representa-tive or evldence of value, such as certificates of stock, bonds, promissory notes, and franchises. See western Union Tel. Co. v. Nor-man (C. C.) 77 Fed. 26

Temporary inclosures made by customary tenants of a manor under a special custom authorizing them to inclose part of the waste untll one or more crops have been raised on it Elton, Common, 277

In old Engllsh law. A kind of thleves Inhabiting Redesdale. on the extreme northern border of England; so called because they took in or recelved such booties of cattle and other things as their

A rebellion, or rising of citizens or subjects ln resistance to their government. See Insurgent

The underwriter or insurance company with whom a contract of insurance is made

The person who obtains insurance on his property, or upon whose life an insurance is effected

To engage to indemnify a per-son against pecuniary loss from specified per* Us. To act as an insurer

Such a real and substantial Interest in specific property as will sustain a contract to indemnify the person interested against its loss. Mutual

Lat Moreover; over and above

Lat. An island; a house not connected with other houses, but separated by a surrounding space of ground. Calvin

In equity pleading. The legal inadequacy of an answer in equity which does not fully and specifically reply to some one or more of the material allegations, charges, or interrogatories set forth in the bill, white v. Joy, 13 N. Y. 89; Houghton v. Townsend, 8 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 446; Hill v. Fair Haven […]

A quantity of corn paid by those who are thirled to a mill. See Thuulok

Lat That kind of evidence which consists of writings not under seal; as court-rolls, accounts, and the like. 3 Co. Litt 487

A written document; a formal or legal document in writing, such as a contract, deed, will, bond, or lease* State v. Phillips, 157 Ind. 481, 62 N. E. 12; Cardenas v. Miller, 108 Cal. 250, 39 Pac. 788, 49 Am. St Rep. 84; Benson v. McMahon, 127 U. S. 457, 8 Sup. Ct 1240, 32 […]