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  • IN NOMINE DEI, AMEN
    In the name of God, Amen. A solemn introduction, anciently used In wills and many other instruments. The translation is often used in wills at the present day.
  • IN NOTIS
    In the notes. In novo casu, novum remedinm appo-nendum est. 2 Inst. 3. A new remedy is to be applied to a new case.
  • IN NUBIBUS
    In the clouds; in abeyance; in custody of law. In nubibus, in mare, in terrd, vel in custodid legis, in the air, sea, or earth, or In the custody of the law. Tayl. Gloss. In case of abeyance, the inheritance is figuratively said to rest in nu* bibus, or in More...
  • IN NULLIUS BONIS
    Among the goods or property of no person; belonging to no person, as treasure-trove and wreck were anciently considered.
  • IN NULLO EST ERRATUM
    In nothing is there error. The name of the common plea or joinder in error, denying the existence of error in the record or proceedings: which is in the nature of a demurrer, and at once refers the matter of law arising thereon to the judgment of the court 2 More...
  • IN ODIUM SPOLIATORIS
    In hatred of a despoiler, robber, or wrong-doer. The Saratoga, 1 Gall. 174, Fed. Cas. No. 12,355; Arthur v. The Cassius, 2 Story, 99, Fed. Cas. No. 504. 1 Greenl. Ev. ? 348. In odium spoliatoris omnia prsesumun-tur. To the prejudice (in condemnation) of a despoiler all things are presumed; More...
  • IN OMNIBUS
    In all things; on all points. "A case parallel in omnibus." 10 Mod. 104. In omnibus contractions, sive nomi-natis sive innominatis, permutatio con-tinetur. In all contracts, whether nominate or innominate, an exchange [of value, i. e., a consideration] is implied. Gravin. lib. 2, ? 12; 2 Bl. Comm. 444, note. More...
  • IN PACATO SOLO
    In a country which is at peace.
  • IN PACE DEI ET REGIS
    In the peace of God and the king. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 31, ? & Formal words in old appeals of murder.
  • IN PAIS
    This phrase, as applied to a legal transaction, primarily means that It has taken place without legal proceedings. Thus a widow was said to make a request in pais for her dower when she simply applied to the heir without issuing a writ (Co. Litt. 32b.) So conveyances are divided More...
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