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Latin Phrases-30
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cum grano salis | with a grain of salt;healty skepticism |
| de facto | according to fact |
| de iure | according to law |
| deus ex machina | a god from a machine |
| anno Domini | in the Year of the Lord |
| annus mirablilis | a remarkable year |
| et al | and others |
| et ux | and wife |
| in camera | in the room |
| in aeternum | forever |
| in extremis | at the point of death |
| in re | in the matter of |
| in loco parentis | in the place of a parent |
| per se | through itself |
| inter vivos | between the living |
| in toto | in the whole |
| mala fide | in bad faith |
| ne plus ultra | not more beyond |
| nolo contendere | I do not wish to contend |
| nunc pro tunc | now for then |
| ipso facto | by the fact itself |
| ab initio | from the beginning |
| absolvo | I acquit |
| ad hoc | to this (purpose) |
| ad liten | to the lawsuit |
| casus belli | cause of war |
| sine qua non | without which not |
| compos mentis | sound of mind |
| contra bonos mores | against good morals |
| corpis iuris | body of low |
| cui bono | to whom for a benefit |