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  • IN JURE ALTERIUS
    In another's right Hale, Anal. { 26. In jure, non remota causa sed proxima speotatur. Bac. Max. reg. 1. In law, the proximate, and not the remote, cause is regarded.
  • IN JURE PROPRIO
    In one's own right. Hale, Anal. ? 26.
  • IN JUS VOCARE
    To call, cite, or summon to court Inst. 4, 16, 3; Calvin. In jus vocando, summoning to court 3 BL Comm. 279.
  • IN KIND
    In the same kind, class, or genus. A loan is returned "in kind" when not the identical article, but one corresponding and equivalent to it, is given to the lender. See IN GENERE.
  • IN LAW
    In the intendment, contemplation, or inference of the law; implied or inferred by law; existing in law or by force of law. See IN FACT.
  • IN LECTO MORTALI
    On the deathbed. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 28, ? 12.
  • IN LIMINE
    On or at the threshold; at the very beginning; preliminarily.
  • IN LITEM
    For a suit; to the suit Greenl. Ev. ? 348.
  • IN LOCO
    In place; in lieu; instead; in the place or stead. Townsh. PL 38.
  • IN LOCO PARENTIS
    In the place of a parent; Instead of a parent; charged, factitiously, with a parent's rights, duties, and responsibilities. Wetberby v. Dixon, 19 Ves. 412; Brinkerhoff v. Mersells, 24 N. J. Law, 683; Capek v. Kropik, 129 I1L 509, 21 N. E. 836. In majors sum ma eontinetur minor. 5 More...
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