Lat In the civil law . The formal complaint or claim of a plaintiff before the prtetor. In old English law . A count or declaration iu a real action […]

Meaning; will; purpose; design. “The intention of the testator, to be collected from the whole will, is to govern, provided it be not unlawful or inconsistent with the rules of […]

This means a thing is done with reason and purpose.

A writ that lay against him who entered into lands after the death of a tenant in dower , or for life, etc., and held out to him in reversion […]

Lat. Among; between.

Among other things. A term anciently used in pleading, especially in reciting statutes, where the whole statute was not set forth at length. Inter alia enaetatum fuit, among other things […]

Between other persons; between those who are strangers to a matter in question.

Among the subtleties of the law. See APEX JURIS.

Between her arms. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 35,

(Lat. Between the dog and the wolf.) The twilight; because then the dog seeks his rest, and the wolf his prey. 3 Inst. 63.

Between husband and wife.

Between conjunct persons. By tbe act 1621, c. 18, all conveyances or alienations between conjunct persons, unless granted for onerous causes, are declared, as in a question with creditors, to […]

Among others; in a general clause; not by name, (nominulim.) A term applied In the civil law to clauses of disinheritance in a will. Inst. 2, 13, 1; Id. 2, […]

(Between the jaws of the land.) A term used to describe a roadstead or arm of the sea enclosed between promontories or projecting headlands.

Between peers; between those who stand on a level or equality, as respects diligence, opportunity , responsibility , etc.

Between parties. Instruments in which two persons unite, each making conveyance to, or engagement with, the other, are called “papers inter partes .” Smith v. Emery, 12 N. J. Law, […]

Between four walls. Fleta, lib. 6, c. 55,

In English law . Among the things belonging to the sovereign. Among these are rights of salmon fishing, mines of gold and silver, forests, forfeitures, casualties of superiority , etc., […]

Among the illiterate or unlearned.

a Latin phrase that means between or among themselves.

Among themselves. Story, Partn.

Between the living; from one living person to another. Where property passes by conveyance, the transaction is said to be inter vivos , to distinguish it from a case of […]

a Latin phrase that means a living treust.

A broker who works with dealers. They do this confidentially.

A temporary deposit to prevent default. Also called hot money.