INTER1. Between, among; as, inter vivos, between living persons; inter alia, among others.
INTER ALIA. Among other things; as, the said premises2, which inter alia, Titius granted to Caius.
INTER ALIOS. Between other parties, who are strangers to the proceeding3 in question.
INTERCOMMONING, Eng. law. Where the commons of two manors4 lie together, and the inhabitants, or those having a right of common of both, have time out of mind depastured their cattle, without any distinction, this is called intercommoning.
INTER CANEM ET LUPUM. Literally5, between the dog and the wolf. metaphorically6, the twilight7; because then the dog seeks his rest, and the wolf his prey8. 3 Inst. 63.
INTER PARTES. This, in a technical sense, signifies an agreement professing9 in the outset, and before any stipulations are introduced, to be made between such and such persons as, for example, This Indenture11, made the _____ day of _____ 1848, between A B of the one part, and C D of the other. It is true that every contract is in one sense inter partes, because to be valid12 there must be two parties at least; but the technical sense of this expression is as above mentioned. Addis. on Contr. 9.
2. This being a solemn declaration, the effect of such introduction. is to make all the covenants13, comprised in a deed to be covenants between the parties and none others; so that should a stipulation10 be found in the body of a deed by which the said A B covenants with E F to pay him one hundred dollars, the words with E F are inoperative, unless they have been used to denote for whose benefit the stipulation may have been made, being in direct contradiction with what was previously14 declared, and C D alone can sue for the non-payment; it being a maxim15 that where two opposite intentions are expressed in a contract, the first in order shall prevail. 8 Mod. 116; 1 Show. 58; 3 Lev. 138; Carth. 76; Roll. R. 196; 7 M. IV. 63; But this rule does not 'apply to simple contracts inter partes. 2 D . R. 277; 3 D. R. 273 Addis. on Contr. 244, 256.
3. When there are more than two sides to a contract inter partes, for example, a deed; as when it is made between A B, of the first part; C D, of the second; and E F, of the third, there is no objection to one covenanting16 with another in exclusion17 of the third. See 5 Co. 182; 8 Taunt18. 245; 4 Ad. Ell. N. S. 207; Addis. on Contr. 267.
INTER SE INTER SESE. Among themselves. Story on Part 405.
INTER VIVOS. Between living persons; as, a gift inter vivos, which is a gift made by one living person to another; see Gifts inter vivos. It is a rule that a fee cannot pass by grant or transfer, inter vivos, without appropriate words of inheritance. 2 Prest. on Est. 64.
