In the milder sense; in the less aggravated acceptation. Inactions of slander, it was formerly the rule that, if the words alleged would admit of twoconstructions, they should be taken in the

In the manner or form of an assize. Bract, fol. 1836. In modumjurata;, in manner of a jury. Id. fol. 1S16.

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.

Property owned by religious societies was said to be held in?mortua maim, or in mortmain, since religious men were civiliter mortui. 1 Bl. Comm.479; Tayl. Gloss.

In the name of God, Amen. A solemn introduction, ancientlyused in wills and many other instruments.

In the notes.In novo casu, novum remcdium appo- nendum est. 2 Inst. 3. A new remedy Is to be applied to a new case.

In the clouds; in abeyance; in custody of law. In mibibus, in marc, interra, vel in custodiO legis, iu the air, sea. or earth, or in the custody of the law. Tayl.Gloss.

Among the goods or property of no person ; belonging to noperson, as treasure-trove and wreck were anciently considered.

In nothing is there error. The name of the common pleaor joinder in error, denying the existence of error in the record or proceedings; which isin the nature of a demurrer, and

In hatred of a despoiler, robber, or wrong-doer. TheSaratoga, 1 Gall. 174, Fed. Cas. No. 12,355; Arthur v. The Cassius. 2 Story, 99, Fed.Cas. No. 504. 1 Greenl. Ev.

In all things; on all points. “A case parallel in omnibus.” 10 Mod. 104.In omnibus contractibus, sive nomi- natis sive innominatis, permutatio con- tinetur.In all contracts, whether nominate or innominate, an exchange

In a country which is at peace.

In the peace of God and the king. Fleta. lib. 1. c. 31.

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

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

In equal fault; equally culpable or criminal; in a case of equalfault or guilt. See Itozell v. Vansyckle, 11 Wash. 79, 39 Pac. 270.In pari delicto potior est conditio possidentis, [defendentis.] In

Upon the same matter or subject. Statutes in pari materia are toconstrued together. United Society v. Eagle Bank, 7 Conn. 457; State v. Ger- hardt, 145Ind. 439, 44 N. E. 409, 33

In suffering, permitting, or allowing.

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

In the worst part; on the worst side. Latch, 159, 160.