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IN NULLIUS BONIS

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Among the goods or property of no person; belonging to no person, as treasure-trove and wreck were anciently considered. … [Read more...]

IN LOCO PARENTIS

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Latin for In the place of a parent: as, the master stands towards his apprentice in loco parentis. In the place of a parent; instead of a parent; charged, factitiously, with a parent's rights, duties, and responsibilities. … [Read more...]

IN NULLO EST ERRATUM

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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 Tidd, Pr. 1173; Booth v. Com., 7 Mete. (Mass.) 285, 287. In obscura voluntate manumittentis, favendum est libertati. … [Read more...]

IN ODIUM SPOLIATORIS

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In hatred of a despoiler, robber, or wrongdoer. The Saratoga, 1 Gall. 174, Fed. Cas. No. 12,355; Arthur v. The Cassius, 2 Story, 99, Fed. Cas. No. 504. 1 Greenl. Ev. … [Read more...]

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