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Used in case citations to indicate that the cited source directly contradicts the point being made. contra legem: against the law Used when a court or tribunal hands down a decision that is contrary to the laws of the governing state. contradictio in adjecto: contradiction in adjective
List of Latin phrases This page was last edited on 18 April 2024, at 03:19 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...
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Law Latin, sometimes written L.L. or L. Lat., [1] and sometimes derisively referred to as Dog Latin, [2] is a form of Latin used in legal contexts. While some of the vocabulary does come from Latin, many of the words and much of the vocabulary stem from English. [1]
A court does not care about small, trivial things. A case must have some importance in order for a court to hear it. See "de minimis non curat praetor". Also used as an adjective: "The court found that the alleged conduct was de minimis." de minimis non curat praetor: The commander does not care about the smallest things.
Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to identify special cases. This list gives those most commonly encountered with Latin script. For a far more comprehensive list of symbols and signs, see List of Unicode characters.
This is a list of common Latin abbreviations. Nearly all the abbreviations below have been adopted by Modern English . However, with some exceptions (for example, versus or modus operandi ), most of the Latin referent words and phrases are perceived as foreign to English.
a claim to be admitted to the eyre by an attorney: A writ whereby the king of England could command the justice of an eyre (a medieval form of circuit court) to permit an attorney to represent a person who is employed in the king's service and therefore cannot come in person. clarere audere gaudere [be] bright, daring, joyful: Motto of the Geal ...