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actore non probante reus absolvitur: A defendant is exonerated by the failure of the prosecution to prove its case [4] presumption of innocence: actus me invito factus non est meus actus: the act done by me against my will is not my act: actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea: The act does not make [a person] guilty unless the mind should be ...
non progredi est regredi: to not go forward is to go backward: non prosequitur: he does not proceed: A judgment in favor of a defendant when the plaintiff failed to take the necessary steps in an action within the time allowed. non qui parum habet, sed qui plus cupit, pauper est: It is not he who has little, but he who wants more, who is the ...
List of Greek and Latin roots in English; List of Latin abbreviations; List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names; List of Latin words with English derivatives; List of Latin legal terms; List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes; List of sundial mottos § Latin mottos; List of U.S. state and territory mottos
vita mutatur, non tollitur: life is changed, not taken away: The phrase is a quotation from the preface of the first Roman Catholic rite of the Mass for the Dead. vita patris: during the life of the father: Hence the term "decessit vita patris" (d. v. p) or "died v. p.", which is seen in genealogical works such as Burke's Peerage.
A sine qua non (/ ˌ s aɪ n i k w eɪ ˈ n ɒ n, ˌ s ɪ n i k w ɑː ˈ n oʊ n /, [1] Latin: [ˈsɪnɛ kʷaː ˈnoːn]) or conditio sine qua non (plural: conditiones sine quibus non) is an indispensable and essential action, condition, or ingredient.
Without surviving offspring (even in abstract terms) sine timore aut favore: Without Fear or Favor: St.George's School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada motto sine qua non: without which not: Used to denote something that is an essential part of the whole. See also condicio sine qua non. sine remediis medicina debilis est
de minimis non curat lex: The law does not care about the smallest things. A court does not care about small, trivial things. A case must have some importance in order for a court to hear it. See "de minimis non curat praetor". Also used as an adjective: "The court found that the alleged conduct was de minimis." de minimis non curat praetor
Generally interpreted to mean that that which motivates or drives a person can consume him or her from within. This phrase has become a popular slogan or motto for pro-ana websites, anorexics and bulimics. [citation needed] quod natura non dat Salmantica non praestat: what nature does not give, Salamanca does not provide