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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.
An American-style crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter ...
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.
baffling puzzle, thorny problem: John of Cornwall (ca. 1170) was once asked by a scribe what the word meant. It turns out that the original text said in diebus illis [in those days], which the scribe misread as in die busillis [at the day of Busillis], believing this was a famous man.
Lex terrae. Lis pendens. Locus in quo. Locus standi. (previous page) (next page) Categories: Legal terminology by language. Latin words and phrases. Hidden categories:
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.
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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 ...