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  • IN CONSIDERATIONE LEGIS
    In consideration or contemplation of law; in abeyance. Dyer, 102b.
  • IN CONSIDERATIONE PRAEMISSORUM
    In consideration of the premises. 1 Strange, 535. In oonsimili casu, oonsimile debet esse remedinm. Hardr. 65. In similar cases the remedy should be similar.
  • IN CONSPECTU EJUS
    In his sight or view. 12 Mod. 95. In oonsnetudinibns, non dintnmitas temporis sed soliditas rationis est consid-eranda. In customs, not length of time. but solidity of reason, is to be considered. Co. Litt. 141a. The antiquity of a custom is to be less regarded than its reasonableness.
  • IN CONTINENTI
    Immediately; without any interval or intermission. Calvin. Sometimes written as one word "inconti-nenti." In contractions, benlgna; in testamen-tis, benignior; in restitutionibus, be-aignissima interpretatio faclcnda est* Co. Litt. 112. In contracts, the interpretation is to be libera]; in wills, more liberal; in restitutions, most liberal. In contractions, rei Veritas potins qnam More...
  • IN CORPORE
    In body or substance; In a material' thing or object.
  • IN CRASTINO
    On the morrow. In erastino Animarnm, on the morrow of All Souls. 1 Bl. Comm. 342. In criminalibus, probationer debent esse luce clariores. In criminal cases, the proofs ought to be clearer than light 3 Inst. 210. In erimiualibus, suffioit generalis mall tia intentionis, onm faoto paris grad- ns. In More...
  • IN CUJUS REI TESTIMONIUM
    In testimony whereof. The initial words of the concluding clause of ancient deeds in Latin, literally translated in the English forms.
  • IN CUSTODIA LEGIS
    In the custody or keeping of the law. 2 Steph. Comm. 74.
  • IN DELICTO
    In fault See IN PABI DELICTO, etc.
  • IN DIEM
    For a day; for the space of a day. Calvin. In disjunctivis sufflcit alteram partem esse veram. In disjunctives it is sufficient that either part be true. Where a condition is in the disjunctive, it is sufficient if either part be performed. Wing. Max. 13, max. 9; Broom, Max. 592 More...
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