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question		réponse
A fortiori commencer à apprendre		With even stronger reason; More conclusively; All the more so.
A posteriori commencer à apprendre		From what comes after. (From effect to cause)
A priori commencer à apprendre		From what comes before. (Reasoning from cause to effect)
Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia commencer à apprendre		Consequences of abuse do not aply to general use.
Ab extra commencer à apprendre		From without or from outside.
Ab initio (ab init) commencer à apprendre		From the beginning.
Ab intra commencer à apprendre		From within.
Ab origine commencer à apprendre		From the source, from the first.
Absense haeres non erit commencer à apprendre		An absent person will not be an heir.
Accedas ad curiam commencer à apprendre		You may approach the court.
Accessorius sequitur commencer à apprendre		One who is an accessory to the crime cannot be guilty of a more serious crime than the principal offender.
Actio ex delicto commencer à apprendre		Cause of action. (Reason for lawsuit)
Actus reus commencer à apprendre		Guilty or Wrongful act.
Ad hoc commencer à apprendre		For a particular purpose. (Improvised, impromptu, made up in an instant)
Ad initio commencer à apprendre		From the start.
Ad sectam (ads) commencer à apprendre		At the suit of.
Ad valorem (Ad val.) commencer à apprendre		According to the value.
Ademption commencer à apprendre		Failure of a gift.
Aequitas sequitur legem commencer à apprendre		Equity follows the law.
Alibi commencer à apprendre		Elsewhere.
Alimenta commencer à apprendre		Means of support. (Food, clothing, shelter)
Aliunde commencer à apprendre		From another source, from elsewhere.
Altercatio examination. commencer à apprendre		Forensic argumentation; cross
Ambigendi locus commencer à apprendre		Room for doubt.
Amicus curiae commencer à apprendre		Friend of the court. (Impartial spokesperson)
Animus furandi commencer à apprendre		The intention to steal.
Animus testandi commencer à apprendre		The intention to make a will.
Au fait commencer à apprendre		Acquainted with the facts; expert; proficient.
Audi alteram partem commencer à apprendre		Hear the other side. (A principle of fairness)
Autre vie commencer à apprendre		The life of another.
Autrefois acquit commencer à apprendre		Already acquitted.
Autrefois convict commencer à apprendre		Already convicted.
Bancus Communium Placitorum commencer à apprendre		Court of Common Pleas.
Bona fiscalia commencer à apprendre		Public property.
Bona mobilia commencer à apprendre		Moveable property.
Bona vacantia commencer à apprendre		Vacant goods. Goods without an apparent owner.
Boni mores commencer à apprendre		Good morals.
Cadit quaestio commencer à apprendre		The question falls. (The issue collapses)
Capias ad audiendum commencer à apprendre		Writ ordering appearance in court.
Capias ad respondendum commencer à apprendre		Writ ordering the arrest of a person.
Capias ad satisfaciendum commencer à apprendre		Writ ordering satisfaction of an order.
Casus belli commencer à apprendre		Act justifying war. (Grounds for a dispute)
Causa causans commencer à apprendre		Cause that causes all things; Immediate cause.
Causa causata commencer à apprendre		Cause resulting from a previous cause.
Caveat emptor commencer à apprendre		Let the buyer beware. (He buys at his own risk)
Caveat venditor commencer à apprendre		Let the seller beware.
Certiorari commencer à apprendre		To be informed by an Appellate review court.
Ceteris paribus commencer à apprendre		Other things being equal. (All else being equal)
Charta pardonationis se defendendo defence. commencer à apprendre		The form of a pardon for killing another man in self
Charta pardonationis utlagariae commencer à apprendre		The form of a pardon of a man who is outlawed.
Chartae libertatum commencer à apprendre		Charters of liberties.
Communi consensu commencer à apprendre		By common consent.
Compos mentis commencer à apprendre		Of sound mind. (Sometimes used humorously)
Consensu omnium commencer à apprendre		By the agreement of all.
Consensu commencer à apprendre		Unanimously or, by general consent.
Consensus ad idem commencer à apprendre		Agreement as to the same things.
Consensus omnium commencer à apprendre		Agreement of all members.
Contra bonos mores commencer à apprendre		Contrary to good morals.
Contra ius commune commencer à apprendre		Against common law.
Contra ius gentium commencer à apprendre		Against the law of nations.
Contra legem commencer à apprendre		Against the law.
Contra mores commencer à apprendre		Contrary to morals.
Coram non iudice commencer à apprendre		Before a judge without proper jurisdiction.
Corpus delicti commencer à apprendre		The body of a crime. (The substance or fundamental facts of a crime)
Corpus juris commencer à apprendre		The body of the law. (Meaning a compendium of all laws)
Cui bono? commencer à apprendre		To whom is it good? (Who benefits from this?) (A maxim sometimes used in the detection of crime) (Cicero)
Curia advisari vult commencer à apprendre		The court wishes to be advised.
Custos morum commencer à apprendre		Guardian of morals; A censor.
Custos rotularum commencer à apprendre		Guardian of the rolls; Justice of the peace.
De bonis asportatis commencer à apprendre		Of the goods carried away.
De die in diem commencer à apprendre		From day to day; continuously.
De facto commencer à apprendre		Something that is automatically accepted.
De futuro commencer à apprendre		In the future; Regarding the future.
De integro commencer à apprendre		Repeat again from the start.
De iure commencer à apprendre		By law. According to law. From the law.
De jure commencer à apprendre		Rightful, by right.
De lunatico inquiriendo commencer à apprendre		A writ to inquire into the insanity of a person.
De minimis non curat lex commencer à apprendre		The law does not concern itself with trifles.
De minimis commencer à apprendre		Of minimum importance; Trifling.
De novo commencer à apprendre		Anew, fresh, renewed, to begin again.
Delictum commencer à apprendre		Offense.
Die ad diem commencer à apprendre		From day to day.
Dies juridicus commencer à apprendre		A day on which the court is in session.
Dies non juridicus commencer à apprendre		A day on which the court is not in session.
Doli incapax commencer à apprendre		Incapable of crime.
Dubitante commencer à apprendre		Doubting the correctness of the decision.
Duces tecum commencer à apprendre		You shall bring it with you. (Subpoena)
Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit non qui negat commencer à apprendre		The proof lies upon the one who affirms, not the one who denies.
Eiusdem generis commencer à apprendre		Of the same kind.
Ergo post hoc commencer à apprendre		In logic, the fallacy of thinking that a happening which follows another must be its result.
Et alia; et alii (et al.) commencer à apprendre		And other things; and other people.
Et cetera (etcetera) (etc.) commencer à apprendre		And the rest, and so forth.
Et sequentia (et seq.) commencer à apprendre		And the following.
Et uxor (et ux.) commencer à apprendre		And wife.
Ex cathedra commencer à apprendre		From the chair, with authority. (Without argumentation)
Ex concessis commencer à apprendre		In view of what has already been accepted.
Ex curia commencer à apprendre		From the court.
Ex delicto commencer à apprendre		Matter arising out of the crime.
Ex dolo malo non oritur actio commencer à apprendre		No right of action can have its origin in fraud.
Ex dolo malo commencer à apprendre		From fraud; From harmful deceit.
Ex facie commencer à apprendre		From the face of.
Ex facto jus oritur commencer à apprendre		The law arises out of the fact.
Ex facto commencer à apprendre		From the fact or act.
Ex gratia commencer à apprendre		Out of kindness, voluntary. (In law, implying absence of legal right)
Ex iniuria ius non oritur commencer à apprendre		Right can not grow out of injustice.
Ex lege commencer à apprendre		Arising from the law.
Ex mero motu commencer à apprendre		Of his own free will.
Ex officio commencer à apprendre		By virtue of his office.
Ex parte commencer à apprendre		Proceeding brought by one person in the absence of another.
Ex post facto commencer à apprendre		After the fact, or retrospectively.
Ex relatione (ex rel.) commencer à apprendre		Upon being related; Upon information.
Exceptis excipiendis commencer à apprendre		Excepting those (factors) which should be excepted.
Felo de se commencer à apprendre		Evildoer upon himself. (Suicide)
Fiat justitia, ruat caelum commencer à apprendre		Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
Fieri facias commencer à apprendre		Writ authorizing execution of a judgment.
Fons et origo commencer à apprendre		The source and origin.
Force majeure commencer à apprendre		Act of God.
Forum rei commencer à apprendre		The court of the country in which the subject of an action is situated.
Functus officio commencer à apprendre		Having discharged his duty and flies ceased to have any authority over a matter.
Habeas corpus commencer à apprendre		You must have the body. (A legal writ to end unlawful restraint by bringing a prisoner into court)
Id est (i.e.) commencer à apprendre		That is to say.
In absentia commencer à apprendre		In one's absence.
In actu commencer à apprendre		In act; In the very act; In reality.
In banco commencer à apprendre		On the bench.
In camera commencer à apprendre		In secret or private session; Not in public.
In consimili casu commencer à apprendre		In a like case.
In curia commencer à apprendre		In court.
In delicto commencer à apprendre		At fault.
In esse commencer à apprendre		In existence.
In extenso commencer à apprendre		At full length.
In extremis commencer à apprendre		At the point of death.
In flagrante delicto handed) commencer à apprendre		In the very act of committing an offence. (Red
In forma domestico commencer à apprendre		In a domestic court.
In forma pauperis commencer à apprendre		In the form of a poor person; in a humble or abject manner.
In foro commencer à apprendre		In forum; In court.
In futoro commencer à apprendre		In the future.
In haec verba commencer à apprendre		In these words.
In limine commencer à apprendre		On the threshold, at the very outset.
In loco (in loc.) commencer à apprendre		In the place.
In loco citato (in loc. cit., loc. cit.) commencer à apprendre		In the place cited.
In loco parentis commencer à apprendre		In the place of a parent.

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