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Term used in contract law to specify terms that are voided or confirmed in effect from the execution of the contract. Cf. ex nunc. Ex turpi causa non oritur actio: ex nunc: from now on Term used in contract law to specify terms that are voided or confirmed in effect only in the future and not prior to the contract, or its adjudication. Cf. ex ...
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
Per stirpes (/ p ɜːr ˈ s t ɜːr p iː z /; "by roots" or "by stock") [1] [a] is a legal term from Latin, used in the law of inheritance and estates.An estate of a decedent is distributed per stirpes if each branch of the family is to receive an equal share of an estate in accordance with their deceased ancestor's share. [3]
Pages in category "Latin legal terminology" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 315 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Legal term denoting derivation from an external source, as opposed to a person's self or mind—the latter of which is denoted by ab intra. ab hinc: from here on: Also sometimes written as "abhinc" ab imo pectore: from the deepest chest: i.e., "from the bottom of my heart", "with deepest affection", or "sincerely". Attributed to Julius Caesar.
See also pro se: litigant in person, pro se legal representation in the United States. [3] in principio erat Verbum: in the beginning was the Word : Beginning of the Gospel of John: in re: in the matter [of] Legal term used to indicate that a judicial proceeding may not have formally designated adverse parties or is otherwise uncontested.
De bonis non administratis, Latin for "of goods not administered," is a legal term for assets remaining in an estate after the death or removal of the estate administrator. The second administrator is called the administrator de bonis non and distributes the remaining assets.
Legal principle meaning that one cannot be penalised for doing something that is not prohibited by law; penal law cannot be enacted retroactively. nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit: There has been no great wisdom without an element of madness: numen lumen: God our light: The motto of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.