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qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur he who brings an action for the king as well as for himself Generally known as 'qui tam,' it is the technical legal term for the unique mechanism in the federal False Claims Act that allows persons and entities with evidence of fraud against federal programs or contracts to sue the ...
qui tam: abbreviation of qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur, meaning "who pursues in this action as much for the king as himself". In a qui tam action, one who assists the prosecution of a case is entitled to a proportion of any fines or penalties assessed. quid pro quo: this for that
beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam: blessed is the man who finds wisdom: From Proverbs 3:13; set to music in a 1577 motet of the same name by Orlando di Lasso. Bella, mulier qui hominum allicit et accipit eos per fortis: war, a woman who lures men and takes them by force: Latin proverb [citation needed] bella gerant alii Protesilaus amet! let ...
The phrase, as it is normally quoted in Latin, comes from the Satires of Juvenal, the 1st–2nd century Roman satirist.Although in its modern usage the phrase has wide-reaching applications to concepts such as tyrannical governments, uncontrollably oppressive dictatorships, and police or judicial corruption and overreach, in context within Juvenal's poem it refers to the impossibility of ...
vincit qui patitur: he conquers who endures: First attributed to the Roman scholar and satirist Persius; frequently used as a motto. vincit qui se vincit: he (she) conquers who conquers himself (herself) Motto of many educational institutions, including the Philadelphia High School for Girls and North Sydney Boys High School.
semper necessitas probandi incumbit ei qui agit: the necessity of proof always lies with the person who lays charges: Latin maxim often associated with the burden of proof in law or in philosophy: semper paratus: always prepared: Motto of several institutions, e.g. United States Coast Guard; see also nunquam non paratus (never unprepared ...
Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius. Kill them all. For the Lord knows those who are his. Supposed statement by Abbot Arnaud Amalric before the Massacre at Béziers during the Albigensian Crusade, recorded 30 years later, according to Caesarius of Heisterbach. cf. "Kill them all and let God sort them out." Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare ...
A non-traditional Latin rendering, temet nosce (thine own self know), is translated in The Matrix as "know thyself". noscitur a sociis: a word is known by the company it keeps: In statutory interpretation, when a word is ambiguous, its meaning may be determined by reference to the rest of the statute. noster nostri: Literally "Our ours"