In being made; in process of formation or development; hence, incomplete or inchoate. Legal proceedings are described as in fieri until judgment is entered. … [Read more...] about IN FIERI
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IN CAPITA
To the heads; by heads or polls. Persons succeed to an inheritance in capita when they individually take equal shares. So challenges to individual jurors are challenges in capita, as distinguished from challenges to the array. … [Read more...] about IN CAPITA
IN CRIMINALIBUS PROBATIONES DEBENT ESSE LUCE CLARIORES
Latin, meaning In criminal cases the proofs ought to be cleared than the light. … [Read more...] about IN CRIMINALIBUS PROBATIONES DEBENT ESSE LUCE CLARIORES
IN CAPITE
In chief. 2 Bl. Comm. 60. Tenure in capite was a holding directly from the king. In easu extremes necessitatis omnia sunt communia. Hale, P. C. 54. In cases of extreme necessity, everything is in common. … [Read more...] about IN CAPITE
IN CUJUS REI TESTIMONIUM
In testimony whereof. The initial words of the concluding clause of ancient deeds in Latin, literally translated in the English forms. … [Read more...] about IN CUJUS REI TESTIMONIUM