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Term or phrase Literal translation Definition and use English pron accessio: something added Accession, i.e. mode of acquisition by creation in which labor and other goods are added to property in such a manner that the identity of the original property is not lost (vs. commixtio, specificatio)
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
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.
Pages in category "Latin legal terminology" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 315 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
"future" ("my mother-in-law in spe", i.e. "my future mother-in-law"), or "in embryonic form", as in "Locke's theory of government resembles, in spe, Montesquieu's theory of the separation of powers." in specialibus generalia quaerimus: To seek the general in the specifics: That is, to understand the most general rules through the most detailed ...
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the chain of the law: The phrase denotes that a thing is legally binding. "A civil obligation is one which has a binding operation in law, vinculum juris." (Bouvier's Law Dictionary (1856), "Obligation") vinum et musica laetificant cor: wine and music gladden the heart: Asterix and Caesar's Gift; it is a variation of "vinum bonum laetificat cor ...