In the cause, as distinguished from in initialibus, (q. v.) A term in Scotchpractice. 1 Brown, Ch. 252.

Principal; primary; directly obtained. A term applied to the evidenceobtained from a witness upon his examination in court by the party producing him.Tenure in chief, or in capite, is a holding directly

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

Shared in respect to title, use, or enjoyment, without apportionmentor division into individual parts; held by several for the equal advantage, use. or enjoymentof all. See Ilewit v. Jewell, 59 Iowa, 37,

In common. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 4,

In consideration thereof. 3 Salk. 04, pi. 5.

In consideration or contemplation of law; in abeyance. Dyer, 1026.

In consideration of the premises. 1 Strange, 535.In consimili casu, consimile debet esse remedium. Hardr. 05. In similar cases theremedy should be similar.

In his sight or view. 12 Mod. 95.In consuetudinibns, non diuturnitas temporis sed soliditas rationis est consideranda.In customs, not length of time,but solidity of reason, is to be considei-ed. Co. Litt. 141o.

Immediately; without any interval or intermission. Calvin.Sometimes written as one word “inconti- nenti.”In contractibns, benigna; in testamen- tis, benignior; in restitutionibus, benignissimainterpretatio facienda est.Co. Litt. 112. In contracts, tbe interpretation is to

In body or substance; in a material thing or object.

On the morrow. In crastino Animarum, on the morrow of All Souls. 1 Bl. Comm. 342.In criminalibus, probationes debent esse lucc clariores. In criminal cases, the proofsought to be clearer than light.

In testimony whereof. The initial words of the concluding clause of ancient deeds iu Latin,literally translated in the English forms.

In the custody or keeping of tbe law. 2 Steph. Comm. 74.

In fault. See IN PAHI DELICTO, etc.

For a day; for the space of a day. Calvin.In disjtinctivis sufficit alteram partem esse vcram. In disjunctives it is sufficient thateither part be true. Where a condition is in tbe disjunctive,

In demesne. In do- minicn suo ut de fcodo, in his demesne as of fee.

On the back. 2 Bl. Comm. 468; 2 Steph. Comm. 164. In dnrso recordi,on the back of the record. 5 Coke, 45. Ilence the English indorse, indorsement, etc.In dubiis, benigniora praeferenda sunt.In

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 double. Dumna in du- plo, double damages. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 10,