in esse

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in esse - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  In esse \In` es"se\ [L.]
     In being; actually existing; -- distinguished from in posse
     , or in potentia, which denote that a thing is not,
     but may be.
     [1913 Webster]

in esse - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  IN ESSE. In being. A thing in existence. It is used in opposition to in 
  posse. A child in ventre sa mere is a thing in posse; after he is born, he 
  is in esse. Vide 1 Supp. to Ves. jr. 466; 2 Suppl. to Ves. jr. 155, 191. 
  Vide Posse.