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Ad hoc is a Latin phrase meaning literally ' for this '. In English , it typically signifies a solution designed for a specific purpose, problem, or task rather than a generalized solution adaptable to collateral instances (compare with a priori ).
Also used in philosophical contexts to mean "repeating in all cases". ad interim (ad int.) for the meantime: As in the term "chargé d'affaires ad interim", denoting a diplomatic officer who acts in place of an ambassador. [6] ad kalendas graecas: at the Greek Calends: i.e., "when pigs fly". Attributed by Suetonius in The Twelve Caesars to ...
ad susceptum perficiendum: in order to achieve what has been undertaken: Motto of the Association of Trust Schools: ad terminum qui praeteriit: for the term which has passed: Legal phrase for a writ of entry [7] ad undas: to the waves: i.e., "to Hell" ad unum: to one: ad usum Delphini: for the use of the Dauphin
ad coelum: to the sky Abbreviated from Cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad infernos which translates to "[for] whoever owns [the] soil, [it] is his all the way [up] to Heaven and [down] to Hell." The principle that the owner of a parcel of land also owns the air above and the ground below the parcel.
Ad hoc is a Latin phrase meaning "to this". Ad hoc or Ad Hoc may also refer to: Ad Hoc at Home, a 2009 cookbook by Thomas Keller and Dave Cruz; Ad hoc hypothesis, a sometimes dubious method of dealing with anomalies in philosophy and science; Ad hoc network, a type of technology which allows network communications on an ad hoc basis; Ad Hoc ...
Latin Translation Notes habeas corpus [we command] that you have the body [brought up] A legal term from the 14th century or earlier. Refers to a number of legal writs requiring a jailer to bring a prisoner in person (hence corpus) before a court or judge, most commonly habeas corpus ad subjiciendum ("that you have the body [brought up] for the purpose of subjecting [the case to examination]").
The words of Gaius Mucius Scaevola when Lars Porsena captured him et facta est lux: And light came to be or was made: From Genesis, 1:3: "and there was light". Motto of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. See also Fiat lux. et hoc genus omne: and all that sort of thing: Abbreviated as e.h.g.o. or ehgo: et in Arcadia ego
Causality between two phenomena is not established (cf. post hoc, ergo propter hoc) post cibum (p.c.) after food: Medical shorthand for "after meals" (cf. ante cibum) post coitum: After sex: After sexual intercourse post coitum omne animal triste est sive gallus et mulier: After sexual intercourse every animal is sad, except the cock and the woman