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50 project words

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ab extra   From outside  
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ab initio   From the beginning  
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actus reus   Guilty dead, act  
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ad infinitum   To infinity, forever  
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aliunde   From a different source  
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ante   before  
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bona fide   Sincere, in good faith  
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concurrere   To meet  
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infringere   violate, transgress  
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ordinaire   to organize  
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posteritas   posterity  
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cadit quaestio   question falls, no further argument  
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certiorari   A write from a High Court to Lower Court  
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consensu   Unanimously, by general consent  
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contra   to the contrary  
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contra bonos mores   Contrary to good morals  
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coram non judice   Before one who is not a judge  
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corpus   body  
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custos morum   a guardian of morals  
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de die in diem   From day to day  
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lex   law  
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Habeas Corpus   issued to bring a party before a court to prevent unlawful restraint  
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de facto   in fact  
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de futuro   in the future  
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de integro   regards the whole  
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de jure   de jure  
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de lege lata   what the law is  
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doli incapax   incapable of crime  
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dominium   ownership  
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dubitante   to doubt correction of a decision  
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ex cathedra   with official authority  
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ex concessis   view of whats accepted  
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ex facie   the fact of  
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ex gratia   from kindness, voluntary  
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ex post facto   By reason of a subsequent fact  
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faciendum   something to be done  
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factum   act,deed  
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in camera   in private  
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in delicto   At fault  
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in esse   In existence  
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in limine   on the threshold  
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in omnibus   every respect  
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nexus   connection  
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nisi   unless  
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prima impressionis   On first impression  
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secus   legal position is otherwise  
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Bancus Communium Placitorum   Court of Common Pleas  
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ambigendi locus   room for doubt  
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amicus curiae   friend of the court  
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fieri facias   writ authorizing execution of a judgment  
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