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prohibited wrong Something wrong or illegal by virtue of it being expressly prohibited, that might not otherwise be so. mandamus: we command A writ issue by a higher court to a lower one, ordering that court or related officials to perform some administrative duty. Often used in the context of legal oversight of government agencies. / m æ n ˈ ...
A phrase used in the Roman Catholic liturgy, and sometimes in its sermons and homilies, and a general form of greeting among and towards members of Catholic organizations. See also Pax vobiscum. dona nobis pacem: give us peace: Often set to music, either by itself or as the final phrase of the Agnus Dei prayer of the Holy Mass. donatio mortis causa
Down the rabbit hole; backtranslation, not a genuine Latin phrase; see Down the rabbit hole. desiderantes meliorem patriam: they desired a better land: From Hebrews 11:16; the motto of the Order of Canada. Deus caritas est: God Is Love: Title and first words of the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI.
This is a list of Wikipedia articles of Latin phrases and their translation into English. To view all phrases on a single, lengthy document, see: List of Latin phrases (full) The list is also divided alphabetically into twenty pages:
An intentionally garbled Latin phrase from Monty Python's Life of Brian. Its intended meaning is "Romans, go home!", in Latin Romani ite domum. rorate coeli: drop down ye heavens: a.k.a. The Advent Prose. rosam quae meruit ferat: She who has earned the rose may bear it: Motto from Sweet Briar College: rus in urbe: A countryside in the city
The 1318 Statute of York, which set uniform prices for certain consumer goods, was an early English qui tam provision. The act prohibited city and borough officers from selling the regulated commodities (specifically, "wine and victuals"), and provided for forfeiture to the king of any prohibited merchandise. [3]
List of Latin phrases; List of Byzantine Greek words of Latin origin; List of Latin words with English derivatives; Latin obscenity; List of descriptive plant species epithets (A–H) List of descriptive plant species epithets (I–Z) List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names *
note-worthy goods: In law, if a person dying has goods, or good debts, in another diocese or jurisdiction within that province, besides his goods in the diocese where he dies, amounting to a certain minimum value, he is said to have bona notabilia; in which case, the probat of his will belongs to the archbishop of that province. bona officia