In the clouds; in abeyance; in custody of law. In nubibus, in mare, in terrA, vel in custodiA legis, in the air, sea, or earth, or in 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
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Property owned by religions societies was said to be held in mortua manu, or in mortmain, since religions men were civiliter mortui. 1 Bl. Comm. 479; Tayl. Gloss
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In the name of God, Amen. A solemn lntroduction, anciently used in wills and many other lnstru-ments. The translation is often used In wills at the present day
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In the manner or form of an assize. Bract fol. 183b. In modum juratas, in manner of a jnry. Id. fob 181b
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In default; literally, in delay. In the civil law, a borrower who omits
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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
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In the milder sense; in the less aggravated acceptation. In actions of slander, it was formerly the rale 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
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Intermediate. A term applied, in Scotch practice, to a fund held he-tween parties litigant
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To be In mercy is to be at the discretion of the king, lord, or judge in respect to the Imposltlon of a fine or other punishment
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In a bad sense, so as to wear an evil appearance
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Into the heart of the subject, without preface or introduction
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In place; In lieu; instead; in the place or stead. Townsh. Pl. 38
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In the place of a parent; instead of a parent; charged, factitiously, wlth a parent’s rights, duties, and
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ND. In the same kind, class, or genus. A loan is returned “in kind” when not the identical article, but one corresponding and equivalent to it, is given to the lender. See In Genere
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In the intendment, contem-plation, or inference of the law; Implied or Inferred by law; existing in law or by force of law. See In Fact
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To call, cite, or summon to court Inst. 4, 16, 3; Calvin. In jus vocando, summoning to court 3 BL Comm. 279
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In law; according to law. In the Roman practice, the procedure in an action was divided into two stages. The first was said to be in jure; it took place before the prsetor, and included the formal and Introductory part and the settlement of ques-ions of law. The second stage was committed to the judex, and comprised the In-vestigatlon and trial of the facts; this was said to be in judicio
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In a court of justice; in a seat of judgment Lord Hale is called “one of the greatest and best men who ever sat in judgment” 1 East, 306
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In Roman law. In the course of an actual trial; before a judge, (judex.) A cause, during its preparatory stages, conducted before the prtetor, was said to be in jure; in its second stage, after it had been sent to a judex tor trial, it was said to be in judicio
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In the very throat or entrance. In ipsis faucibus of a port, actually entering a port 1 C. Rob. Adm. 233, 234
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