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Specific; specifically. Thus, to decree performance in specie is to decree specific performance

In the condition in which it was. See Status Quo

For the whole. Si plures sint fldejussores, quotquot crunt nu-mero, singuli in solidum tcnentur, If there

In simple pilgrimage. Bract fob 338. A phrase ln the old law of essoins. See Iir Generali Passaoio.

In the civil law. For the whole; as a whole. An obligatlon in solido is one where each of the several obligors ls liable for the whole; that is, it is joint and several. Henderson v. wadsworth, 115 U. S. 264, 6 Sop. Ct 140, 29 L. Ed. 377. Possession in aolidum is exclusive possession

In several; in several-ty. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 54, 5 20

Dealing with the same or a kindred subject-matter

A thing is said to He in render when lt must be rendered or given by the tenant; as rent It ls said to lie in prender when it consists ln the right In the lord or other person to take something

In the nature of things; in the realm of actuality; ln exlst-ence. In a dilatory plea, an allegatlon that the plaintiff is not in rerum natura is equlv-alent to averring that the person named ls fictitious. 3 Bl. Comm. 301. In the clvll law the phrase ls applied to things. Inst 2, 20, 7

A technical terra used to des-lgnate proceedings or actions instituted against the thing, in contradistinction to personal actions, which are said to be in personam. See In Pebsonam

In one’s own proper person

In readiness; at hand

In the first place. A phrase used ln argument

At the beginning

At the present time. 2 Bl. Comm. 166. Used in opposition to in futuro. See Van wyck ?. Knevals, 106 U. 8. 860, 1 Sup. Ct 336, 27 Lu Ed. 201

L. Fr. In taking. A term applied to such incorporeal heredi ta-ments as a party entitled to them was to take tor himself; such as common. 2 Steph. Oomm. 23; 3 Bl. Comm. 15

In con-firmation or attestation of the premises. A notarial phrase

In the power of a parent. Inst 1, 8, pr.; Id. 1, 9; 2 BL Comm. 498

In possibility; not lu actual existence. See In Esse

In public; in common knowledge; in the light of day

In full life. Yearb. P. 18 Hen. VI. 2

In full conn-ty court 3 Bl. Comm. 36

For pious uses; for religious purposes. 2 Bl. Comm. 005

A party, plaintiff or defendant, who sues out a writ or other pro-cess, or appears to conduct his case in court himself, instead of through a solicitor or counsel, Is said to act and appear in person

In perpetual memory of a matter; for pre-serving a record of a matter. Applied to depositions taken in order to preserve tho testimony of the deponent

In perpetual testimony of a matter

In the worst

In the breast of the judge. Latch, ISO. A phrase applied to a judgment

Upon the same matter or subject. Statutes in pari materia are to construed together. United Society v. Eagle Bank, 7 Conn. 457; State v. Ger-hardt, 145 Ind. 439, 44 N. E. 469, 33 L. R. A. 313; People v. New York Cent Ry. Co., 25 Barb. (N. Y.) 291; Sales v. Barber Asphalt Pav. Co., […]

In suffering, permitting, or allowing

In equal fault; equally culpable or crlmlnal; in a case of equal fault or guilt. See Rozell v. Vansyckle, 11 wash. 79, 39 Pac. 270

In an equal cause. In a cause where the parties on each side have equal rights

In the peace of God and the king. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 31, | 6 Formal words in old appeals of murder

This phrase, as applied to a legal transaction, primarily means that it has taken place without legal proceedings. Thus a widow was said to make a request in pais for her dower when she simply applied to the heir without issuing a writ (Co. Litt. 32b.) So conveyances are divided into thoee by matter of […]

In a country which is at peace

Among the goods or property of no person; belonging to no person, as treasure-trove and wreck were anciently considered

In noth-lng ls there error. The name of the common plea or joinder in error, denying the existence of error in the record or proceedings; which is in the nature of a demurrer, and at once refers the matter of law arlslng thereon to the Judgment of the court 2 Tidd, Pr. 1173; Booth v. […]

In the notes

In the clouds; ln abeyance; ln custody of law. In nubibus, in mare, in terrA, vel in custodiA legis, in the air, sea, or earth, or ln the custody of the law. Tayl. Gloss. In case of abeyance, the inheritance is figuratively said to rest in nu-bibus, or in gremio legis

Property owned by religions societies was said to be held in mortua manu, or ln mortmain, since religions men were civiliter mortui. 1 Bl. Comm. 479; Tayl. Gloss

In the name of God, Amen. A solemn lntroduction, anciently used ln wills and many other lnstru-ments. The translation ls often used In wills at the present day

In the manner or form of an assize. Bract fol. 183b. In modum juratas, in manner of a jnry. Id. fob 181b

In default; literally, in delay. In the civil law, a borrower who omits

In the milder sense; ln the less aggravated acceptation. In actions of slander, lt was formerly the rale that if the words alleged would admit of two constructions, they should be taken ln the less injurious and defamatory sense, or in mitiori sensu

Intermediate. A term applied, in Scotch practice, to a fund held he-tween parties litigant

To be In mercy ls to be at the discretion of the king, lord, or judge in respect to the Imposltlon of a fine or other punishment

Into the heart of the subject, without preface or introduction

In a bad sense, so as to wear an evil appearance

on the death

In place; In lieu; instead; in the place or stead. Townsh. Pl. 38