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In body or substance; in a material thing or object Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In consideration or contemplation of law; in abey-ance. Dyer, 102b Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In hls sight or Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In common. Fleta, lib. 8, c. 4, § 2 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

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

In commendatlon; as a commended llvlng. 1 BL Comm. 393. See COMMENDA Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Shared in respect to title, nse, or enjoyment, without apportionment or division into individual parts; held by sever-al for the equal advantage, […]

In the cause, as distlnguisb-ed from in initialibus, (q. v.) A term in Scotch practice. 1 Brown, Ch. 252 Source: Black’s Law […]

Principal; primary; directly obtained. A term applled to the evidence obtained from a witness upon hls examina-tion in court by the party […]

In chief. 2 Bl. Comm. 60. Tenure in capite was a holding directly from the king Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In a (or the) case provided. In tali casu editum et provisum, in such case made and provided. Townsh. Pl. 1(54. 165 […]

In chambers; in private. A cause is said to be heard in camera either when the hearing is had before the Judge […]

To the heads; by heads or polls. Persons succeed to nn inheritance in capita when they individually take equal shares. So challenges […]

Among the goods or property; In actual possession. Inst. 4, 2, 2. In bonis defunctl, among the goods of the deceased Source: […]

As a whole; as an entirety, without division into items or physical sep-aration in packages or parcels. Standard 011 Co. v. Com., […]

In existence or life at a giv-en moment of time, as, in the phrase “life or lives in being” in the rule […]

A ten., applied to the ln-dorseinent of a bill or note where it consists merely of the lndorser’s name, without restriction to […]

L. Fr. In anoth-er’s right As representing another. An ex Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In hank; in the bench. A term applied to proceedings in the court in bank, as distinguished from proceedings at nisi prius. […]

In a moment; imme-diately. Cod. 1, 64, 2 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the article of death; at the point of death. Jack-son ▼. Vredenbergh, 1 Johns. (N. Y.) 159 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

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

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

In open daylight; in tbe day-time. 9 Coke, 65b Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Among the sub-tleties or extreme doctrines of the law. 1 Eames, Eq. 190. See Apex Juris Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]