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This phrase, as applied to a legal transaction, primarily means that it hastaken place without legal proceedings. Thus a widow was said to make a request in paisfor her dower when she

At the present time. 2 Rl. Comm. 100. Used in opposition to in futuro.See Van Wyck v. Knevals, 100 U. S. 3G0, 1 Sup. Ct. 336, 27 L. Ed. 201.In prsesentia majoris

In the soil or ground. In solo alieno, in another’s ground. In solo proprio,in one’s own ground. 2 Steph. Comm. 20.

Insufficient; disproportionate ; lacking in effectiveness or iu conformityto a prescribed standard or measure.

Imperfect; unfinished; begun, but not completed; as a contract not executed by all the parties.

The return in money from one’s business, labor, or capital invested; gains,profit, or private revenue. Braun’s Appeal, 105 Pa. 415; People v. Davenport, 30 llun (N.Y.) 177; In re Slocum, 109 N.

An unlawful gaining upon the right or possession of another. See ENCROACHMENT.

In the law of evidence.Sameness; the fact that a subject, person, or thing before a court is the same as it isrepresented, claimed, or charged to be. See Burrill, Circ. Ev. 3S2,

The want or absence of knowledge.Ignorance of law is want of knowledge or acquaintance with the laws of the land inso far as they apply to the act, relation, duty, or matter

Lat. That Illnd, qnod alias licitnm non est, ne- cessitas facit licitnm; et necessitas in- dncitprivilegium quoad jura privata.Bac. Max. That which Is otherwise not permitted, necessity permits; and necessitymakes a privilege

In relation to homicide in self-defense, this term means immediate danger, such as must be Instantly met, such as cannot be guarded against It calling for the assistance of others or the

To impeach, to accuse, or prosecute for felony or treason.

Umpire, (q. v.)

In medical Jurisprudence. The incapacity for copulation or propagatingthe species. Properly used of the male; but it has also been used synonymously with”sterility.” Grif’feth v. Griff- eth, 102 111. 30S, 44 N.

In ecclesiastical law. The annexing an ecclesiastical benefice tothe use of a lay person, whether individual or corporate, In the same way as appropriationis the annexing of any such benefice to the

In equal hand; held equally or indifferently between two parties.Where an instrument was deposited by the parties to it in the hands of a thirdperson, to keep on certain conditions, it was

In chief. 2 Bl. Comm. 00. Tenure in capite was a holding directly from the king.In casu extremse necessitatis omnia sunt communia. Hale, P. C. 54. In cases ofextreme necessity, everything is

In fault. See IN PAHI DELICTO, etc.

In doing; in feasance; in the performance of an act. 2 Story, Eq. Jur.

In the bosom of the law; in the protection of the law; inabeyance. 1 Coke, 131a; T. Raym. 310.