Dictionary
A
- A Fortiori
By even greater force of logic
- A Posteriori
From what comes later
- A Priori
From what comes before
- Ab Initio
From the beginning
- Aberratio Ictus
Mistake in the blow
- Ad Litem
For the purposes of the suit
- Ad Testificandum
Give testimony
- Ad Valorem
Proportional to the value of the thing taxed
- Adjournment Sine Die
The ending of a deliberative assembly’s or court’s session without setting a time to reconvene
- Amicus Curiae
Friend of the court
- Animus Manendi
Intention to Remain
- Animus Possidendi
Intention to Possess
- Animus Revertendi
Intent to Return
- Attractive Nuisance
Dangerous instrumentalities or appliances of a character likely to attract children in play
B
- Bill of Attainder
Legislative act which inflicts punishment without trial
C
- Caveat Emptor
Buyer beware
- Comity
Recognition that one nation allows within its territory to the legislative, executive, or judicial acts of another nation
- Corpus Delicti
Body, foundation, or substance of a crime
D
- De Facto
Having effect even though not formally or legally recognized
- De Jure
Existing by right or according to law
- Devisee
One who is named in a will to receive (specific) real property
- Doli Incapax
Incapable of committing a crime or tort
- Duces Tecum
Bring specified documents, records, or things.
E
- Ejusdem Generis
Of the same kind or class
- Enrolled Bill
Official attestation by the two houses of such bill as one that has passed Congress
- Error In Personae
Mistake of the person
- Ex Abundanti Cautela
To be on the safe side
- Ex Officio
By virtue or because of an office
- Ex Parte
From one party only usually without notice to or argument from the adverse party
- Ex Post Facto
Law that punishes a party for acts antecedently done which were not punishable at all
F
- Forum Non Conveniens
Court may refuse jurisdiction where it is not the most convenient forum
- Functus Officio
Duties and functions of the original commission have been fully accomplished.
H
- Habeas Corpus
A writ employed to bring a person before a court
I
- Ignorantia Facti Excusat
Mistake of fact is an excuse
- Ignorantia Juris Non Excusat
Ignorance of the law excuses no one
- In Pari Delicto
Equally at fault; neither party is entitled to protection
- In Personam
Against a person
- In Rem
Involving or determining the status of a thing
- Indorse/ Endorse
The placing of a signature, on the back of a negotiable instrument to transfer the instrument
- Injunction
A court order commanding or preventing an action
- Innocent Passage
The right of a foreign ship to pass through a country's territorial waters
- Inofficious
Contrary to a natural duty of affection
- Inter vivos
During Lifetime
- Ipso Facto
By the fact itself
- Ipso Jure
By operation of law
J
- Jus Cogens
Compelling law; peremptory and non-derogable norms
- Jus Sanguinis
Child's citizenship is determined by the parents' citizenship
- Jus Soli
Child’s citizenship is determined by place of birth
L
- Laches
Unreasonable delay in pursuing a right or claim
- Last Clear Chance
One who had the last clear opportunity to avoid the loss but failed to do so, is chargeable with the...
- Legatee
One who is named in a will to receive (specific) personal property
- Legitime
The part of a testator's property that his or her children (and occasionally other heirs) are legally entitled to regardless...
- Lesion
Loss from another's failure to perform a contract
- Letter Rogatory
A document issued by one court to a foreign court, requesting that the foreign court take evidence or serve process
- Lien
A legal right that a creditor has in another’s property
- Lis Pendens
A pending lawsuit
- Loco Parentis
Special Parental Authority ; in the place of the parent
- Locus Standi
Legal standing; personal and substantial interest
M
- Mala In Se
Inherently immoral
- Malum prohibitum
Not inherently immoral but punished because law says so
- Mens Rea
Guilty mind, criminal intent
- Mora Accipiendi
Delay on the part of obligee (creditor)
- More Solvendi
Delay on the part of the obligor (debtor)
- Mortis Causa
In Contemplation of Death
P
- Pacta Suct Servanda
International agreements must be performed in good faith
- Parole Evidence Rule
When the terms of an agreement have been reduced to writing, it is considered as containing all the terms agreed...
- Praeter Intentionem
Lack of intent to commit so grave a wrong
- Pro Hac Vice
For this one particular occasion only
- Processual Presumption
Presumption that the foreign law is the same as our local law
- Proximate Cause
That which, in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces injury, and without which the result...
R
- Rebus Sic Stantibus
Doctrine of Unforeseen events
- Renvoi
Sending Back, court resorts to foreign law which in turn refers the court back to the law of the forum
- Replevin
Repossession of Personal Property
- Res Ipsa Loquitor
Thing or transaction speaks for itself
- Res Nullius
Things whose ownership may be acquired by occupation
S
- Salus Populi Suprema Est Lex
Welfare of the people is the highest law
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