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Term or phrase Literal translation Definition and use English pron accessio: something added Accession, i.e. mode of acquisition by creation in which labor and other goods are added to property in such a manner that the identity of the original property is not lost (vs. commixtio, specificatio)
the chain of the law: The phrase denotes that a thing is legally binding. "A civil obligation is one which has a binding operation in law, vinculum juris." (Bouvier's Law Dictionary (1856), "Obligation") vinum et musica laetificant cor: wine and music gladden the heart: Asterix and Caesar's Gift; it is a variation of "vinum bonum laetificat cor ...
The following pages contain lists of legal terms: List of Latin legal terms; List of legal abbreviations; List of legal abbreviations (canon law) on Wiktionary: Appendix: English legal terms; Appendix: Glossary of legal terms
Legal principle that a person who is not present is unlikely to inherit. absente reo (abs. re.) [with] the defendant being absent: Legal phrase denoting action "in the absence of the accused". absit iniuria: absent from injury: i.e., "no offense", meaning to wish that no insult or injury be presumed or done by the speaker's words.
The last words of Jesus on the cross in the Latin translation of John 19:30. contemptus mundi/saeculi: scorn for the world/times: Despising the secular world. The monk or philosopher's rejection of a mundane life and worldly values. contra bonos mores: against good morals: Offensive to the conscience and to a sense of justice. contra legem ...
D. De bene esse; De bonis non administratis; De donis conditionalibus; De facto; De jure; De lege ferenda; De lege lata; De minimis; De sententia ferenda; Debellatio
Trespass vi et armis was a precursor to many other forms of lawsuits at common law. The cause came to be formulaic and in many cases fictitious . For instance, a lawsuit against a defendant that had spoiled wine with salt water required an allegation that he had done so with bows and arrows. [ 4 ]
That is, in law, irrelevant and/or inconsequential. nihil boni sine labore: nothing achieved without hard work: Motto of Palmerston North Boys' High School: nihil dicit: he says nothing: In law, a declination by a defendant to answer charges or put in a plea. nihil difficile amanti puto [5] Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover. From ...