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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 ...
Legal principle that a person who is not present is unlikely to inherit. absente reo (abs. re.) [with] the defendant being absent: Legal phrase denoting action "in the absence of the accused". absit iniuria: absent from injury: i.e., "no offense", meaning to wish that no insult or injury be presumed or done by the speaker's words.
This is a list of Wikipedia articles of Latin phrases and their translation into English. To view all phrases on a single, lengthy document, see: List of Latin phrases (full) The list is also divided alphabetically into twenty pages: List of Latin phrases (A) List of Latin phrases (B) List of Latin phrases (C)
Lex talionis. Lex terrae. Lis pendens. Locus in quo. Locus standi. (previous page) (next page) Categories: Legal terminology by language. Latin words and phrases.
List of Latin phrases (N) 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 ...
law in the event: A law that only concerns one particular case. See law of the case. lex lata: the law that has been borne: The law as it is. lex loci: law of the place: lex non scripta: law that has not been written: Unwritten law, or common law: lex orandi, lex credendi: the law of prayer is the law of faith: lex paciferat: the law shall ...
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.
A legal doctrine which states that a claimant will be unable to pursue a cause of action if it arises in connection with his own illegal act. Particularly relevant in the law of contract, tort and trusts. ex umbra in solem: from the shadow into the light: Motto of Federico Santa María Technical University: ex undis: from the waves [of the sea]