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estate. Landed property, tenement of land, especially with respect to an easement (servitude). 2 types: praedium dominans - dominant estate (aka dominant tenement) praedium serviens - servient estate (aka servient tenement) praeemptio. previous purchase. Right of first refusal. praesumptio. presumption.
ignis aurum probat. fire tests gold. Phrase referring to the refining of character through difficult circumstances. ignis fatuus. foolish fire. Will-o'-the-wisp. ignorantia juris non excusat. (or ignorantia legis non excusat or ignorantia legis neminem excusat) ignorance of the law is no excuse.
While symmetrical for the logo of MGM, the better word order in Latin is "Ars artis gratia". ars longa, vita brevis: art is long, life is short: Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae, 1.1, translating a phrase of Hippocrates that is often used out of context. The "art" referred to in the original aphorism was the craft of medicine, which took a lifetime ...
List of Latin phrases (L) This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome. [1] This list ...
Lex talionis. Lex terrae. Lis pendens. Locus in quo. Locus standi. (previous page) (next page) Categories: Legal terminology by language. Latin words and phrases.
much in little. Conciseness. The term "mipmap" is formed using the phrase's abbreviation "MIP"; motto of Rutland, a county in central England. Latin phrases are often multum in parvo, conveying much in few words. mundus senescit. the world grows old. mundus vult decipi. the world wants to be deceived.
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.
Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus is a Latin [2] maxim [3] meaning "false in one thing, false in everything". [4] At common law, it is the legal principle that a witness who falsely testifies about one matter is not credible to testify about any matter. [5] While many common law jurisdictions reject categorical application of the rule, the ...