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