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In the notes Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the clouds; in abeyance; in custody of law. In nubibus, in mare, in terrA, vel in custodiA legis, in the air, […]

Property owned by religions societies was said to be held in mortua manu, or in mortmain, since religions men were civiliter mortui. […]

In the name of God, Amen. A solemn lntroduction, anciently used in wills and many other lnstru-ments. The translation is often used […]

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 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The entry on the record where a party was in mercy was, “Ideo in misericordia,” etc. Sometimes “misericordia” means the being quit […]

In the milder sense; in the less aggravated acceptation. In actions of slander, it was formerly the rale that if the words […]

Intermediate. A term applied, in Scotch practice, to a fund held he-tween parties litigant Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To be In mercy is to be at the discretion of the king, lord, or judge in respect to the Imposltlon of […]

In a bad sense, so as to wear an evil appearance Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Into the heart of the subject, without preface or introduction Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In place; In lieu; instead; in the place or stead. Townsh. Pl. 38 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the place of a parent; instead of a parent; charged, factitiously, wlth a parent’s rights, duties, and Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

on the death Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

For a suit; to the suit Greenl. Ev. § 348 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

ND. In the same kind, class, or genus. A loan is returned “in kind” when not the identical article, but one corresponding […]

In the intendment, contem-plation, or inference of the law; Implied or Inferred by law; existing in law or by force of law. […]

In one’s own right. Hale, Anal. $ 26 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To call, cite, or summon to court Inst. 4, 16, 3; Calvin. In jus vocando, summoning to court 3 BL Comm. 279 […]

In law; according to law. In the Roman practice, the procedure in an action was divided into two stages. The first was […]

In another’s fight Hale, Anal. { 26 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In a court of justice; in a seat of judgment Lord Hale is called “one of the greatest and best men who […]

In Roman law. In the course of an actual trial; before a judge, (judex.) A cause, during its preparatory stages, conducted before […]

In the very throat or entrance. In ipsis faucibus of a port, actually entering a port 1 C. Rob. Adm. 233, 234 […]