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  • IN ARBITRIUM JUDICIS
    At the pleasure of the Judge.
  • IN ARCTA ET SALVA CUSTODIA
    In close and safe custody. 3 Bl. Comm. 415.
  • IN ARTICULO
    In a moment; immediately. Cod. 1, 81, 2.
  • IN ARTICULO MORTIS
    In the article of death; at the point of death. Jackson v. Yredenbergh, 1 Johns, (N. Y.) 159. In atrodoribus delietis punitur eJfeo* tus licet non sequatur eifectus. 2 Rolle R. 82. In more atrocious crimes the intent is punished, though an effect does not follow.
  • IN AUTRE DROIT
    L. Fr. In another's right As representing another. An ex- ecutor, administrator, or trustee sues in autre droit.
  • IN BANCO
    In bank; in the bench. A term applied to proceedings in the court In bank, as distinguished from proceedings at nisi prius. Also, in the English court of common bench.
  • IN BEING
    In existence or life at a given moment of time, as, in the phrase "life or lives in being" in the rule against perpetuities. An unborn child may, in some circumstances be considered as "in being." Phillips v. Herron, 65 Ohio St 478, 45 N, E. 720; Hone v. Van More...
  • IN BLANK
    A ten., applied to the indorsement of a bill or note where it consists merely of the indorsees name, without restriction to any particular indorsee. 2 Steph. Comm. .104.
  • IN BONIS
    Among the goods or property; in actual possession. Inst 4, 2, 2. In bonis de fundi, among the goods of the deceased.
  • IN BULK
    As a whole; as an entirety, without division into items or physical separation in packages or parcels. Standard Oil Co. v. Com., 119 Ky. 75, 82 S. W. 1022; Fitz Henry v. Munter, 33 Wash. 629, 74 Pac 1003; State v. Smith, 114 Mo. 180, 21 S. W. 493.
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