| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
|
Search Results for "I" IN PARI CAUSA In an equal cause. It is a rule that when two persons have equal rights in relation to a particular thing, the party in possession is... more IN PARI DELICTO In equal fault; equal in guilt. Neither courts of law nor equity will interpose to grant relief to the parties, when an illegal agreement has been... more IN PARI MATERIA Upon the same matter or subject. Statutes in pari materia are to be construed together.... more IN PERPETUAM REI MEMORIAM For the perpetual memory or remembrance of a thing. Gilb. For. Rom. 118.... more IN PERSONAM remedies. A remedy in personam, is one where the proceedings are against the person, in contradistinction to those which are against specific things, or in rem. (q.... more IN POSSE In possibility; not in actual existence; used in contradistinction to in esse.... more IN PRAESENTI At the present time; used in opposition to in futuro. A marriage contracted in words de praesenti is good; as, I take Paul to be my... more IN PRINCIPIO At the beginning this is frequently used in citations; as Bac. Ab. Legacies, in pr.... more IN PROPRIA PERSONA In his own person; himself; as the defendant appeared in propria persona; the plaintiff argued the cause in propria persona.... more IN RE In the matter; as in re A B, in the matter of A B.... more IN REBUS In things, cases or matters.... more IN REM remedies. This technical term is used to designate proceedings or actions instituted against the thing, in contradistinction to personal actions which are said to be in personam. Proceedings... more IN RERUM NATURA In the nature of things; in existence.... more IN SOLIDO A term used in the civil law, to signify that a contract is joint.2. Obligations are in solido, first, between several creditors; secondly, between several debters.... more IN STATU QUO In the same situation; in the same place; as, between the time of the submission and the time when the award was rendered, things remained in... more IN TERROREM By way of threat, terror, or warning. For example, when a legacy is given to a person upo condition not to dispute the validity or the... more IN TERROREM POPULI To the terror of the people. An indictment for a riot is bad, unless it conclude in terrorem populi. 4 Carr. & Payne, 373.... more IN TOTIDEM VERhis In just so many words; as, the legislature has declared this to be a crime in totidem verhis.... more IN TOTO In the whole; wholly; completely; as, the award is void in toto. In the whole the part is contained: in toto et pars continetur. Dig. 50,... more IN TRANSITU During the transit, or removal from one place to another.2. The transit continues until the goods have arrived at their place of destination, and nothing remains... more |