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  • IN SEPARALI
    In several; in severalty. Fleta, lib. 2, c 54, ? 20.
  • IN SIMILI MATERIA
    Dealing with the same or a kindred subject-matter.
  • IN SIMPLICI PEREGRINATIONE
    In simple pilgrimage. Bract foL 338. A phrase In the old law of essoins. See IN GENERALI PASSAGIO.
  • IN SOLIDO
    In the civil law. For the whole; as a whole. An obligation in solido is one where each of the several obligors is liable for the whole; that is, it is joint and several. Henderson v. Wadsworth, 115 U. S. 264, 6 Sup. Ct 140, 29 L. Ed. 377. Possession More...
  • IN SOLIDUM
    For the whole. Si plures sint ftdejussores, quotquot erunt n*> mero, singuli in solidum tenentur, if there be several sureties, however numerous they may be, they are Individually bound for the whole debt. Inst. 3, 21, 4. In parte 8ivc in solidum, tor a part or for the whole. Id. More...
  • IN SOLO
    In the soil or ground. In nolo alieno, In another's ground. In solo propria, In one's own ground. 2 Steph. Comm. 20.
  • IN SPECIE
    Specific; specifically. Thus, to decree performance in specie is to decree specific performance. In kind; in the same or like form. A thing is 8aId to exist in specie when it retains its existence as a distinct individual of a particular class.
  • IN STATU QUO
    In the condition in which it was. See STATUS QUO. In stipulatlonibu* onm quseritur quid aetnm sit verba contra stlpnlatorem in-tcrpretanda snnt. In the construction of agreements words are interpreted against the person using them. Thus, the construction of the stipulatio is against the stipulator, and the construction of the More...
  • IN STIRPES
    In the law of intestate succession. According to the roots or stocks; by representation; as distinguished from succession per capita. See PER STIRPES; PER CAPITA.
  • IN SUBSIDIUM
    In aid. In sno qnlsqne negotio bebetior est quant in alieno. Every one is more dull In his own business than In another's.
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