Also known as: in-globo · as a whole · in total
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An adverbial phrase denoting treatment of a matter as an undivided whole rather than in separate parts.
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Island Manufacturing faced a proposed class action alleging a uniform policy of wage violations across all facilities. The court certified the class under Rule 23(b)(2) after finding that the challenged conduct applied to every member, allowing final injunctive relief in globo that would bind the entire group at once.
Igor Ito advertised his services with a claim that omitted key limitations on success rates. The disciplinary board examined the advertisement in globo and concluded the omission rendered the communication misleading under the professional conduct rule.
Ivan Ivanov and Ivy Investments executed a purchase agreement and a related security agreement on the same day. The court read both documents in globo to determine the parties' overall obligations rather than isolating any single clause.
Idris Ives sought to enforce a premarital agreement against Imani Idowu after a material change in circumstances. The court evaluated the agreement in globo and refused to enforce the support-waiver term because it produced substantial hardship.
Isaac Irving damaged a severable irrigation pump attached to Innovate Pharmaceuticals' land. The company elected to recover the pump's loss in value rather than the diminution in the land's worth when measured in globo.
India Inoue purchased inventory from Icarus Aviation in the ordinary course of its business. Because the transaction comported with customary practices, she qualified as a buyer in ordinary course and took the goods free of a prior security interest when viewed in globo with the surrounding facts.
A court treats multiple documents as a single transaction when they form part of the same deal and must be read together to determine the parties' obligations.
The communication is examined as a whole to determine whether any material misrepresentation or omission makes the statement misleading.
The court considers the agreement taken as a whole and may refuse enforcement if the term was unconscionable at signing or would cause substantial hardship due to later material changes.
…of past practice is that a statute found to be invalid as applied to a particular plaintiff, but not unconstitutional as a whole, is not simply "struck down" but is, instead, declared unconstitutional as applied to the fact situation before the Court. Yick Wo v. Hopkins , 118 U. S. 356 (1886); Street v. New…