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question		réponse
In omnibus commencer à apprendre		In every respect.
In personam commencer à apprendre		Directed towards a particular person.
In pleno commencer à apprendre		In full.
In Propria Persona commencer à apprendre		For one's self; Acting on one's own behalf.
In re commencer à apprendre		In the matter of, refering to.
In rem commencer à apprendre		Against or about a thing. (Property)
In situ commencer à apprendre		In position, in its original place.
In terrorem clause commencer à apprendre		In fear.
In terrorem commencer à apprendre		As a warning or deterrent.
In totidem verbis commencer à apprendre		In so many words.
Iniuvra commencer à apprendre		Injury to personal dignity.
Inter alia commencer à apprendre		Amongst other things.
Inter alios commencer à apprendre		Amongst other people.
Inter se commencer à apprendre		Between or among themselves.
Inter vivos commencer à apprendre		Between living persons.
Intra vires commencer à apprendre		Within the authority, lit., the strengths or powers.
Ipse dixit commencer à apprendre		He himself said it. (Cicero)
Ipsissima verba commencer à apprendre		The very words themselves. (Strictly word for word)
Ipsissimis verbis commencer à apprendre		In the exact or identical words.
Ipso facto commencer à apprendre		By that very fact.
Ipso iure commencer à apprendre		By operation of the law.
Jus naturale commencer à apprendre		Natural justice.
Lese majeste commencer à apprendre		High treason.
Lex fori commencer à apprendre		The law of the court in which an action is tried.
Lex lata commencer à apprendre		The law as it exists.
Lex loci commencer à apprendre		The law of the place.
Lex non scripta commencer à apprendre		The unwritten (common) law.
Lex scripta commencer à apprendre		The written law.
Lex talionis commencer à apprendre		The law of retaliation. (Retributive justice, an eye for an eye)
Lis pendens commencer à apprendre		An action pending.
Locum tenens commencer à apprendre		A deputy.
Locus in quo commencer à apprendre		The place in which something happens.
Locus standi commencer à apprendre		Place of standing; the right to be heard in a court.
Mala fide commencer à apprendre		In bad faith. (Something which is done fraudulently)
Malum in se commencer à apprendre		Wrong in itself. (A crime that is inherently wrong)
Mens rea commencer à apprendre		The wrongful intention or guilty mind.
Motu proprio commencer à apprendre		Of one's own initiative.
Mutatis mutandis commencer à apprendre		With those things changed which needed to be changed. (With the appropriate changes)
Ne bis in idem commencer à apprendre		Not twice the same. (Canones apostulorum; A person cannot be sentenced twice for the same crime)
Nemo dat quod non habet commencer à apprendre		One may not transfer what one does not have.
Nisi prius commencer à apprendre		Unless first, unless previously.
Nolle prosequi commencer à apprendre		To be unwilling to prosecute.
Nolo contendere commencer à apprendre		I do not wish to contend. (No contest)
Non compos mentis commencer à apprendre		Not in possession of one's senses.
Non constat commencer à apprendre		It is not certain.
Non est factum commencer à apprendre		It is not his deed.
Non sequitur (non seq.) commencer à apprendre		It does not follow. (A statement that is the result of faulty logic)
Nunc pro tunc commencer à apprendre		Now for then. (Has retroactive effect, effective from an earlier date)
Obiter dictum (pl. dicta) commencer à apprendre		Something said in passing; Parenthetical remark.
Onus probandi commencer à apprendre		The burden of proof.
Opere citato (op. cit.) commencer à apprendre		In the work (cited) just quoted.
Par delictum commencer à apprendre		Equal fault.
Pari passu commencer à apprendre		With equal step, moving together, simultaneously.
Passim (adv.) commencer à apprendre		Here and there; indiscriminately.
Pendente lite commencer à apprendre		While a suit is pending.
Per contra commencer à apprendre		On the contrary.
Per curiam commencer à apprendre		Through the senate; By the court.
Per incuriam commencer à apprendre		Through want of care.
Per minas commencer à apprendre		By means of menaces or threats.
Per quod commencer à apprendre		By reason of which.
Persona non grata commencer à apprendre		An unacceptable person.
Prima facie commencer à apprendre		On the face of it; At first sight. (An obvious case that requires no further proof)
Prima impressionis commencer à apprendre		On first impression.
Pro bono (publico) commencer à apprendre		For the (public) good. (Said of a lawyer's work that is not charged for)
Pro forma commencer à apprendre		For form; As a matter of form; Performed in a set manner.
Pro hac vice commencer à apprendre		For this occasion only.
Pro rata commencer à apprendre		For the rate; Proportionately.
Pro tanto commencer à apprendre		For so much. (Partially fulfilled)
Pro tempore (pro tem.) commencer à apprendre		For the time. (For the time being)
Publici juris commencer à apprendre		Of public right.
Quaeitur commencer à apprendre		The question is raised.
Quaere commencer à apprendre		Consider whether it is correct.
Quantum meruit commencer à apprendre		As much as he/she deserved.
Quantum commencer à apprendre		How much; as much as.
Qui tam commencer à apprendre		Who as well. (Whistle blower)
Quid pro quo commencer à apprendre		Something for something. (A favor for a favor)
Ratio decidendi commencer à apprendre		Reasoning for the decision.
Re commencer à apprendre		In the matter of.
Rebus sic stantibus commencer à apprendre		With matters standing thus.
Reductio ad absurdum commencer à apprendre		Reduction to the absurd. (Proving the truth of a proposition by proving the falsity of all its alternatives)
Res furtivae commencer à apprendre		Stolen goods.
Res gestae commencer à apprendre		Things done.
Res ipsa loquitur commencer à apprendre		The thing speaks for itself.
Res judicata commencer à apprendre		Judged thing. (Matter which has been decided by a court)
Res nullius commencer à apprendre		Nobody's thing. (Goods without an owner)
Res perit domino commencer à apprendre		The risk of loss is on the owner.
Res sic stantibus commencer à apprendre		Things remain the same.
Res commencer à apprendre		Matter, affair, thing, circumstance.
Sciens commencer à apprendre		Knowingly.
Scienter commencer à apprendre		Having knowledge.
Secus commencer à apprendre		The legal position is different, it is otherwise.
Semble commencer à apprendre		It appears, seemingly.
Sine qua non commencer à apprendre		Without which it could not be; an indispensable action or condition.
Stare decisis commencer à apprendre		To stand by things decided. (Uphold previous rulings, recognize precedence)
Status quo commencer à apprendre		The current state of being.
Stet commencer à apprendre		Let it stand.
Sub judice (alt. iudice) commencer à apprendre		Under a judge; Before a court; Under consideration.
Sub modo commencer à apprendre		Within limits.
Sub nomine commencer à apprendre		Under the name of.
Sub Poena (alt. subpoena) commencer à apprendre		Under penalty of Law. (A writ issued by a court requiring one's attendance at that court)
Sub poena duces tecum commencer à apprendre		Bring with you under penalty. (Legal writ requiring appearance with documents)
Sub rosa commencer à apprendre		Under the rose. (Secretly or in confidence)
Sub secreto commencer à apprendre		In secret.
Sub silentio commencer à apprendre		In silence.
Suggestio falsi commencer à apprendre		The suggestion of something which is untrue.
Sui generis commencer à apprendre		Of its own kind. (In a class of its own)
Sui iuris (sui juris) commencer à apprendre		Of one's own right.
Suppressio veri commencer à apprendre		The suppression of the truth.
Talis qualis commencer à apprendre		Just as such; Such as it is; As such.
Terminus a quo commencer à apprendre		The end from which; starting point.
Terminus ad quem commencer à apprendre		Limit until which; finish.
Tertium quid commencer à apprendre		A third something.
Tour de force commencer à apprendre		A feat of strength; a skillful accomplishment.
Uberrima fides commencer à apprendre		Good faith; Most abundant faith.
Uberrimae fidei commencer à apprendre		Of the utmost good faith.
Ubi jus ibi remedium commencer à apprendre		Where (there is) a right, there (is) a remedy.
Ubi supra commencer à apprendre		Where (cited) above.
Ultra vires commencer à apprendre		Beyond powers; Without authority.
Uno flatu commencer à apprendre		At the same moment; With one breath.
Verbatim commencer à apprendre		Word by word, exactly.
Vexata quaestio commencer à apprendre		A disputed question.
Vi et armis commencer à apprendre		By force and arms.
Via media commencer à apprendre		A middle way or course.
Vice versa commencer à apprendre		With the order or meaning reversed.
Vis compulsiva commencer à apprendre		Compulsive force.
Vis maior commencer à apprendre		Irresistible force; act of God.
Volens commencer à apprendre		Willing.
Volenti non fit iniuria commencer à apprendre		A person who consents, does not suffer injustice.
Volte face turn. commencer à apprendre		A change of front; an about

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