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  • IN DOMINICO
    In demesne In do-minico suo ut de feodo, in his demesne as of fee.
  • IN DORSO
    On the back. 2 Bl. Comm. 468 ; 2 Steph. Comm. 164. In dorso reoordi, on the back of the record. 5 Coke, 45. Hence tbe English indorse, indorsement, etc. In dubils, benigniora preferenda sunt. In doubtful cases, the more favorable views are to be preferred; the more liberal interpretation More...
  • IN DUBIO
    In doubt; In a state of uncertainty, or in a doubtful case. In dubio, hflec legis constructio qnam verba ostendunt. In a case of doubt, that is the construction of the law which the words indicate. Branch, Princ In dubio, pars mitior est scquenda. In doubt, the milder course is More...
  • IN DUPLO
    In double. Damna in duple, double damages. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 10, ? 1.
  • IN EADEM CAUSA
    In the same state or condition. Calvin.
  • IN EMULATIONEM VICINI
    In envy or hatred of a neighbor. Where an act is done, or action brought, solely to hurt or distress another, it is said to be in cmulatio-nem vieini. 1 Karnes, Eq. 56. In eo qnod pins ait, semper inest et minus. In the greater is always included the less More...
  • IN EQUITY
    In a court of equity, as distinguished from a court of law; in the purview, consideration, or contemplation of equity; according to the doctrines of equity.
  • IN ESSE
    In being. Actually existing. Distinguished from in posse, which means "that which is not, but may be." A child before birth is in posse; after birth, in esse.
  • IN EVIDENCE
    Included in the evidence already adduced. The "facts in evidence" are such as have already been proved in the cause.
  • IN EXCAMBIO
    In exchange Formal words in old deeds of exchange.
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