Latin, meaning In whatever thing one offends in that he is to be punished according to law. … [Read more...] about IN QUO QUIS DELINQUIT IN EO DE JURE EST PUNIENDUS
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IN PAPER
A term formerly applied to the proceedings in a cause before the record was made up. 3 Bl. Comm. 406 ; 2 Burrows, 1098. Probably from the circumstance of the record being always on parchment The opposite of "on record." 1 Burrows, 822. … [Read more...] about IN PAPER
IN PLACE
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. … [Read more...] about IN PLACE
IN RE
In the affair; in the matter of. This is the usual method of entitling a judicial proceeding in which there are not adversary parties, but merely some res concerning which judicial action is to be taken, such as a bankrupt's estate, an estate in the probate court, a proposed public highway, etc. It is also sometimes used as a designation of a proceeding where one party makes an … [Read more...] about IN RE
IN PARI CAUSA
In an equal cause. In a cause where the parties on each side have equal rights. In pari causa possessor potior haberi debet. In an equal cause he who has the possession should be preferred. Dig. 50, 17, 128,1. … [Read more...] about IN PARI CAUSA