L. Fr. In taking. A term applied to such incorporeal hereditaments as aparty entitled to them was to take for himself; such as common. 2 Steph. Comm. 23; 3 Bl. Comm. 15.In

In the first place. A phrase used in argument

At the beginning.

In readiness; at hand.In propria causa nemo judex. No onecan be judge in his own cause. 12 Coke, 13.

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 the affair; in the matter of. This is the usual method of entitling a judicial proceeding in which there are not adversary parties, but merely some res concerning which judicial action

A technical term used to designate proceedings or actions instituted against the thine, in contradistinction to personal actions, which are said to be in personam. See IN PERSONAM. It is true that,

A thing is said to lie in render when it must be rendered or given by the tenant; as rent. It is said to lie in prender when it consists in the

In the nature of things; in the realm of actuality; in existence.In a dilatory plea, an allegation that the plaintiff is not in rerum natura is equivalent toaverring that the person named

In the writing- case of the judge; among the judge’s papers.”That is a thing that rests in serinio judieis, and does not appear iu the body of thedecree.” Ilardr. 51.

In several; in severalty. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 54,

Dealing with the same or a kindred subject-matter.

In simple pilgrimage. Bract, fol. 338. A phrase in the old law of essoins. See IN GENERALIPASSAGIO.

In the civil law. For the whole; as a whole. An obligation in solido is onewhere each of the several obligors is liable for the whole; that is. it is joint and

For the whole. Si plures sint fidejussores, quotquot erunt nu- mero,singuli in solidum tenentur, if there be several sureties, however numerous they may be, they are individually bound for thewhole debt. Inst.

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

Specific; specifically. Thus, to decree performance in specie is to decree specific performance.In kind; in the same or like form. A tiling is said to exist in spccic when it retains itsexistence

In the condition in which it was. See STATUS QUO.In stipnlationibus cnm quseritur quid actum sit verba contra stipulatorem interpretandasunt. In the construction of agreements words are interpreted against theperson using them.

In the law of Intestate succession. According to the roots or stocks; byrepresentation; as distinguished from succession per capita. See IJEB STIRPES; PER CAPITA.

In aid. In sno quisqne negotio bebetior est quam in alieno. Every one is more dull in hisown business than in another’s.