4 - Form, substance, etc. Flashcards
A person entrusted with a pernt’s rights, duties, and responsibilities for a child is acting _____ (3)
in loco parentis
An action handled out of court is an _____ (3)
actio in pais
_____ (2) mean something is vague or uncertain, and thus in doubt.
in ambiguo
A motion made at the outset of a trial is a _____ (3)
motion in limine
_____ (3) means in one’s own proper person
in propria persona
To say by right, we will say _____ (2)
in jure
Any part or all of a lawsuit held privately in the judge’s chambers is conducted _____ (2)
in camera
An expression denoting into the heart of the matter without preface or introduction is _____ (3)
in media res
A term that means guilty or at fault is _____ (2)
in delicto
_____ (2) means in doubt because the meaning is vague or uncertain.
in ambiguo
A person at the point of death is _____ (2)
in extremis
To try by trickery or craft to go around the law is to be _____ (3)
in fraudem legis
Proceedings held in open court are had _____ (2)
in curia
A borrower who omits or refuses to return a thing loaned at the proper time is _____ (2)
in mora
A living person is _____ (2)
in esse
_____ (2) is only a possibility, not an actuality.
in posse
When a wrongdoer is caught in the very act of ocmmitting a crime, he or she is _____ (3)
in flagrante delicto
A person in the keeping of a law officer is _____ (3)
in custodia legis
Two terms that mean verbatim are _____ (3) and _____ (3)
in ipsissiums verbis / in haec verba
_____ (2) is the state in which things were existing on any given day or time.
status quo
A completely faithful transcription records testimony _____ (3)
in totidem verbis
_____ (2) means instead of or in lieu of.
in loco
To say among goods and property in someone’s possession, attorneys will say _____ (2)
in bonis
Goods in the course of transfer are _____ (2)
in transitu
_____ (2) is the Latin term for without purpose.
in vacuo
To speak of a thing as a whole or in its entirety, we will say _____ (2)
in solido
_____ (2) means real as distinguished from inferred.
in fact
When two or more parties are equally culpable or at fault, they are _____ (3)
in pari delicto
When the intention of a legal paper is unclear and in doubt, it is _____ (2)
in dubio
_____ (2) means for the suit or to the suit
in litem
