In Saxon law. A security, pledge, or hypotheca, consisting of the chattels of a person unable to obtain a personal "borg," or surety. … [Read more...] about INBORH
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IN RERUM NATURA
In the nature of things; in the realm of actuality; in existence. In a dilatory plea, an allegation that the plaintiff is not in rernm natura is equivalent to averring that the person named is fictitious. 3 Bl. Comm. 301. In the civil law the phrase is applied to things. Inst 2, 20, 7. In restitutionem, non in poenam, haeres succedit. The heir succeeds to the restitution, not … [Read more...] about IN RERUM NATURA
IN TERMINIS TERMINANTIEUS
Latin meaning In terms of determination; exactly in point. … [Read more...] about IN TERMINIS TERMINANTIEUS
IN SCRINIO JUDICIS
In the writing-case of the judge; among the judge's papers. "That is a thing that rests in scrinio judicis, and does not appear in the body of the decree." Hardr. 5L … [Read more...] about IN SCRINIO JUDICIS
IN TERROREM
By way of threat, terror, or warning. For example, when a legacy is given to a person upon condition not to dispute the validity or the dispositions in wills and testaments, the conditions are not in general obligatory, but only in terrorem; if, therefore, there exist probabilis causa litigandi, the non-observance of the conditions will not be a forfeiture. But when the … [Read more...] about IN TERROREM