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  2. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    A per quod statement is typically used to show that specific acts had consequences which form the basis for the legal action. per se: by itself Something that is, as a matter of law. per stirpes: by branch An estate of a decedent is distributed per stirpes, if each branch of the family is to receive an equal share of an estate. periculum in mora

  3. Qui facit per alium facit per se - Wikipedia

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    Qui facit per alium facit per se (anglicised Late Latin), [1] which means "He who acts through another does the act himself", is a fundamental legal maxim of the law of agency. [2] It is a maxim often stated in discussing the liability of employer for the act of employee in terms of vicarious liability."

  4. Negligence per se - Wikipedia

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    Negligence per se involves the concept of strict liability. Within the law of negligence there has been a move away from strict liability (as typified by Re Polemis) to a standard of reasonable care (as seen in Donoghue v Stevenson, The Wagon Mound (No. 1), and Hughes v Lord Advocate). This is true not just for breach of the common law, but ...

  5. Per se - Wikipedia

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    Per se may refer to: per se, a Latin phrase meaning "by itself" or "in itself". Illegal per se, the legal usage in criminal and antitrust law;

  6. Malum in se - Wikipedia

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    Malum in se (plural mala in se) is a Latin phrase meaning ' wrong ' or ' evil in itself '. [1] The phrase is used to refer to conduct assessed as sinful or inherently wrong by nature, independent of regulations governing the conduct. It is distinguished from malum prohibitum, which refers to acts that are wrong only because they are prohibited ...

  7. Defamation - Wikipedia

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    Although laws vary by state, and not all jurisdictions recognise defamation per se, there are four general categories of false statement that typically support a per se action: [54] accusing someone of a crime; alleging that someone has a foul or loathsome disease; adversely reflecting on a person's fitness to conduct their business or trade; and

  8. Illegal per se - Wikipedia

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    A number of cases have subsequently raised doubts about the validity of the illegal per se rule. Under modern Antitrust theories, the traditionally illegal per se categories create more of a presumption of unreasonableness. [1] The court carefully narrowed the per se treatment and began issuing guidelines.

  9. Pari passu - Wikipedia

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    pari is the ablative singular masculine (since it must grammatically agree with passu) of the adjective par, "equal".If it were nominative, "an equal step" it would be par passus.