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IN PARI CAUSA Definition & Legal Meaning

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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 thepossession should be preferred. Dig. 50, 17, 128, 1.

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