Category: I

A person who is in present possession of an office; one who is legallyauthorized to discharge the duties of an office. State v. McCollister, 11 Ohio, 50; Statev. Blakemore, 104 Mo. 340,

Gracco-Lat. In the civil law. An instrument privately executed, asdistinguished from such as were executed before a public officer. Cod. 8, 18, 11; Calvin.

In old pleading. Bad; defective in law ; null; naught; the opposite of good or valid.

In English law. In cases of treason the law makes it a crime to imaginethe death of the king. But, In order to complete the crime, this act of the mind must

Contrary to good morals; Inconsistent with the rules and principles ofmorality which regard men as living in a community, and which are necessary for thepublic welfare, order, and decency.

In old English law. A disturber in the action of quare impedit. St. Marlb.

In practice. To sue or pros ecute by due course of law. People v. Clarke, 9N. Y. 368.

Such rights as a person may use or not, at pleasure,since they cannot be lost to him by the claims of another founded on prescription.

as used in a statute excluding one found incompetent to executethe duties of an administrator by reason of improvidence, means that want of care andforesight in the management of property which would

Among the subtleties or extreme doctrines of the law. 1 Kames,Eq. 190. See APEX JURIS

In commendation; as a commended living. 1 Bl. Comm. 393. See CO.MMENDA.A term applied in Louisiana to a limited partnership, answering to the French “encommandite.” Civil Code La. art. 2810.In commodato bsec

In doubt; in a state of uncertainty, or in a doubtful case.In dubio, liaec legis constructio quam verba ostendunt. In a case of doubt, that Isthe construction of the law which the

In favor of life.In favorem vitae, libertatis, et innocen- tiae, omnia praesumuntur. In favor of life,liberty, and innocence, every presump- tion is made. Lofft. 125.

In this; in respect to this.

To call, cite, or summon to court. Inst. 4, 10. 3; Calvin. In jusvocando, summoning to court. 3 Bl. Comm. 279.

In default; literally. In delay. In the civil law, a borrower who omitsor refuses to return the thing loaned at the proper time is said to be in mora. Story,Bailm.

In the breast of the judge. Latch, 180. A phrase applied to a judgment

In one’s own proper person.In quo quis delinquit, in eo de jure est puniendus. In whatever thing one offends, in that is he rightfully to be punished. Co. Litt. 2336; Wing. Max.

In so much; so much; so far; so greatly. Reg. Orig. 07, 10G.

The act of installing or inducting into office with formal ceremonies,as the coronation of a sovereign, the inauguration of a president or governor,or the consecration of a prelate.