Legal Term Dictionary

Upon the same matter or subject Statutes in pari materia are to construed together. United Society v. Eagle Bank, 7 Conn. 457; State v. Ger-hardt 145 Ind. 439, 44 N. B. 469, 33 L. R. A. 313; People v. New York Cent Ry. Co., 25 Barb. (N. Y.) 201; Sales More...

Upon the same matter or subject Statutes in pari materia are to construed together. United Society v. Eagle Bank, 7 Conn. 457; State v. Ger-hardt 145 Ind. 439, 44 N. B. 469, 33 L. R. A. 313; People v. New York Cent Ry. Co., 25 Barb. (N. Y.) 201; Sales v. Barber Asphalt Pav. Co., 166 Mo. 671, 66 S. W. 979. Less...

In suffering, permitting, or allowing.

In suffering, permitting, or allowing. Less...

In the breast of the judge. Latch, ISO. A phrase applied to a judgment

In the breast of the judge. Latch, ISO. A phrase applied to a judgment Less...

In the worst part; on the worst side. Latch, 159, 160.

In the worst part; on the worst side. Latch, 159, 160. Less...

In perpetual memory of a matter; for preserving a record of a matter. Applied to depositions taken in order to preserve the testimony of the deponent

In perpetual memory of a matter; for preserving a record of a matter. Applied to depositions taken in order to preserve the testimony of the deponent Less...

In perpetual testimony of a matter; for the purpose of declaring and settling a thing forever. 1 Bl. Comm. 86.

In perpetual testimony of a matter; for the purpose of declaring and settling a thing forever. 1 Bl. Comm. 86. Less...

A party, plaintiff or defendant who sues out a writ or other process, or appears to conduct his case in court himself, instead of through a solicitor or counsel, is said to act and appear in person.

A party, plaintiff or defendant who sues out a writ or other process, or appears to conduct his case in court himself, instead of through a solicitor or counsel, is said to act and appear in person. Less...

In the Roman law, from which they are taken, the expressions "in rem*' and "in personam** were always opposed to one another, an act or proceeding in personam being one done or directed against or with reference to a specific person, while an act or proceeding in rem was one More...

In the Roman law, from which they are taken, the expressions "in rem*' and "in personam** were always opposed to one another, an act or proceeding in personam being one done or directed against or with reference to a specific person, while an act or proceeding in rem was one done or directed with reference to no specific person, and consequently against or with reference to all whom it might concern, or "all the world/' The phrases were especially applied to actions; an actio in personam being the remedy where a claim against a specific person arose out of an obligation, whether ex contractu or ex maleflcio, while an actio in rem was one brought for the assertion of a right of property, easement, status, etc., against one who denied or infringed it. See Inst 4, 6, 1; Gaius, 4> 1, 1-10; 5 Sav. Syst. 13, et seq.; Dig. 2, 4, 7, 8; Id. 4, 2, 9, 1. From this use of the terms, they have come to be applied to signify the antithesis of "available against a particular person," and "available against the world at large." Thus, jura in personam- are rights primarily available against specific persons; jura in rem, rights only available against the world at large. So a judgment or decree is said to be in rem when it binds third persons. Such is the sentence of a court of admiralty on a question of prize, or a decree of nullity or dissolution of marriage, or a decree of a court in a foreign country as to the status of a person domiciled there. Lastly, the terms are sometimes used to signify that a judicial proceeding operates on a thing or a person. Thus, it is said of the court of chancery that it acts in personam, and not in rem, meaning that its decrees operate by compelling defendants to do what they are ordered to do, and not by producing the effect directly. Sweet See Cross v. Armstrong, 44 Ohio St 613, 10 N. E. 160; Cunningham v. Shanklln, 60 Cal. 125; Hill v. Henry. 66 N. J. Eq. 150, 57 Atl. 555. In personam actio est, qna onm eo agimns qui obligatns est nobis ad faciendum aliqnid vel dandnm. The action in personam is that by which we sue him who is under obligation to us to do some- ' thing or give something. Dig. 44, 7, 25; Bract 101b. Less...

For pious uses; for religious purposes. 2 Bl. Comm. 505.

For pious uses; for religious purposes. 2 Bl. Comm. 505. Less...

In mining law, rock or mineralised matter is "in place" when remaining as nature placed it, that is, unsevered from the circumjacent rock, or which is fixed solid and immovable in the form of a vein or lode. See Williams v. Gibson, 84 Ala. 228, 4 South. 350, 5 Am. More...

In mining law, rock or mineralised matter is "in place" when remaining as nature placed it, that is, unsevered from the circumjacent rock, or which is fixed solid and immovable in the form of a vein or lode. See Williams v. Gibson, 84 Ala. 228, 4 South. 350, 5 Am. St. Rep. 368 ; Stevens v. Williams, 23 Fed. Cas. 44; Tabor v. Dexler, 23 Fed. Cas. 615; Leadville Co. v. Fitzgerald, 15 Fed. Cas. 99; Jones v. Prospect Mountain Tunnel Co., 21 Nev. 339, 31 Pac. 645. Less...