In kind; in the same genus or class; the same in quantity and quality but not individually the same. In the Roman law, things which may be given or restored in genere are distinguished from each as must be given or restored in specie; that is, identically. Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...]

In a court of justice; in a seat of judgment. Lord Hale is called "one of the greatest and best men who ever sat in judgment" 1 East, 306. In jndiciis, minori setati suecurritur. In courts or judicial proceedings, infancy is aided or favored. Jenk. Cent. 46, case 89. … [Read more...]

In the bosom of the law. This is a figurative expression, by which is meant, that the subject is under the protection of the law; as, where land is in abeyance. … [Read more...]

In Roman law. In the course of an actual trial; before a judge, (judex.) A cause, during its preparatory stages, conducted before the praetor, was said to be in jure; in its second stage, after it had been sent to a judex for trial, it was said to be in judicio. In judicio non creditor nisi juratis. Cro. Car. 64. In a trial, credence is given only to those who are sworn. … [Read more...]

At large; not appurtenant or appendant, but annexed to a man's per son: e.g. Common granted to a man and his heirs by deed, is common in gross; or common in gross may be claimed by prescriptive right. 2 Bl. Com. 34. … [Read more...]