A
- A FORTIORI
- From a stronger (reason)
- A QUO
- From which
- AD HOC
- For one specific case
- AD INFINITUM
- To infinity
- Forever
- AB INITIO
- At the beginning
- From the beginning
- AD INFINITUM
- Without limit
- AD LITEM
- For the case
- ALIBI
- At another place
- Elsewhere
- AMICUS CURIAE
- A friend of the court
- ANIMUS LUCRANDI
- Intent to make a profit
- ANIMUS REVERTENDI
- Intent to return
- ANTE
- Before
B
- BONA FIDE
- In good faith
- BREVI MANU
- With short hand
- Without legal warrant
C
- CAUSA PROXIMA, NON REMOTA SPECTATUR
- The immediate, not the remote cause is to be considered.
- CAVEAT EMPTOR
- Let the buyer beware.
- CAVEAT LECTOR
- Let the reader beware.
- CAVEAT VENDITOR
- Let the seller beware.
- CONSENSU
- Unanimously
- By general consent
- CONTRA BONOS MORES
- Against good morals
- CONTRACTUS LEX
- Law of the contract
- CORPUS
- Body
- CORPUS DELICTI
- Body of the crime
- CULPA
- Fault
D
- DAMNUM ABSQUE INJURIA
- Damage without injury
- DATIO IN SOLUTUM
- Giving in payment
- DE FACTO
- In fact
- DE JURE
- By right
- DE MINIMIS CURAT LEX
- The law does not concern itself with the smallest things.
- DE NOVO
- Anew
- DELAGATA POTESTAS NON POTEST DELAGARI
- One may not further delegate what has been delegated to him.
- DIES AD QUEM
- Last day
- DOLO
- Fraud
- DOMINIUM
- Ownership
- DOMOS SUA CINQUE EST TUTTISSIMUM REFUGIUM
- A man's house is his safest retreat.
- DURA LEX SED LEX
- The law may be harsh, but it is the law.
E
- ERGO
- Therefore
- ET AL.
- And others
- ETCETARA
- Other things of that type
- EX GRATIA
- Out of kindness
- Voluntary
- EX OFFICIO
- From the office
- EX PARTE
- For one party only
- EX POST FACTO
- By reason of a subsequent act
- EX PROPRIO (MOTU)
- By one's own motion
- EJUSDEM GENERIS
- Of the same kind
F
- FACIO UT DES
- I give so you give.
- FACTUM
- An act or deed
- FAIT ACCOMPLI
- Accomplished fact
- FALSUS IN UNO, FALSUS IN OMNIBUS
- False in one thing; false in everything
- FRUCTUS NATURALES
- Natural fruit
- FUNCTUS OFFICIO
- Having done his functions
G
- GENUS NUNQUAM PERUIT
- The genus does not die.
- GENERALIA SPECIALIBUS NON DEROGANT
- Things general do not derogate from things special.
- GRATIS DATA
- Given for free
H
- HABEAS CORPUS
- Show me the body.
- HABEAS DATA
- Show me the documents/data
N
- NEGOTIORUM GESTIO
- Management of the estate
- NEMO DAT QUOD NON HABET
- No one gives what he does not have.
- NOTA BENE
- Note well.
- NULLA POENA SINE LEGE
- There is no penalty without a law (stating so).
R
- RATIO DECIDENDI
- Reason for the law
- RES GESTAE
- Things done
- RES INTER ALIOS ACTA, ALIIS NEC NOCET NEC PRODEST
- A thing done between others
- The business of others is not our business
- RES IPSA LOQUITOR
- The thing speaks for itself.
S
- SINE QUA NON
- A pre-requisite
- SITUS
- The place
- STARE DECISIS
- To stand by things decided
- SUB POENA
- Under penalty
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