Latin Phrases 4-8
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| emeritus/emerita | with merit | retired
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| carpe diem | seize the day | don't waste time
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| casus belli | cause of war | reason for commencing hostilities
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| caveat emptor | let the buyer beware | be cautious when purchasing items
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| dues ex machina | god from the machine | an artificial or improbable device used to resolve the difficulties of a plot
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| tabula rasa | blank slate | starting point
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| cum laude | with praise | 4th highest college graduate GPA
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| de jure | from law | established by legal precedent
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| de facto | from the fact | in reality
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| et alii (et al.) | and other people | last in a list of people
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| et cetera (etc.) | and other things | last in a list of inanimate items
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| ex officio | out of the office | by virtue of one's position
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| ex post facto | from after the fact | subsequently/later
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| exempli gratia (e.g.) | for the sake of example | -----
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| habeas corpus | you may have the body | right of citizens to avoid unlawful imprisonment
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| sine qua non | without which not | the crucial element
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| quid pro quo | something for something | tit for tat (payback for something)
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| sic | thus | used in direct quotations to show a grammatical mistake in the original source
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| in absentia | in the absence | refers to something that is decided upon in when a person is not present
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| in memoriam | ito memory | refers to something established/dedicated in commemoration of a deceased person
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| in toto | in whole | something in its entirety
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| terra firma | sold ground | territory that's not paludial, etc.
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| ipso facto | by the fact itself | something is by its very nature, verifiable in its context
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| opus citatum (op. cit.) | work cited | used in citations to show that something has been referenced previously
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| per capita | through (by) heads | individually
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| per se | through (by) itself | refers to something that should be considered to be either innate or natural
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| homo sapiens | wise man | genus and species of human beings
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| ibidem | in the same place | used in citations to show that something is in the exact location of something previously cited
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| id est (i.e) | that is | something that attempts to explain something in other words
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| per annum | through the year | refers to something that is measured on a yearly basis
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