Common Law Latin Terms (Literal Trans.)

Question 1

Ab initio

Answer 1

From the begining

Question 2

Actus reus

Answer 2

Guilty act

Question 3

Ad hoc

Answer 3

For this

Question 4

Ad infinitum

Answer 4

To infinity

Question 5

Ad quod damnum

Answer 5

According to the harm

Question 6

Ad valorem

Answer 6

According to the value

Question 7

Ante

Answer 7

Before

Question 8

Audi alteram partem

Answer 8

Hear the other side

Question 9

Bona fide

Answer 9

In good faith

Question 10

Caveat emptor

Answer 10

Let the buyer beware

Question 11

Compos mentis

Answer 11

Of sound mind

Question 12

Contra

Answer 12

Against

Question 13

Contra legem

Answer 13

Against the Law

Question 14

Contra proferentem

Answer 14

Aagainst the offeror

Question 15

Corpus delicti

Answer 15

Body of the crime

Question 16

De facto

Answer 16

In fact

Question 17

De jure

Answer 17

By law/right

Question 18

De minimis

Answer 18

Pertaining to minimal things

Question 19

Doli incapax

Answer 19

Incapable of guilt

Question 20

Ejusdem generis

Answer 20

Of the same class

Question 21

Erga omnes

Answer 21

Towards all

Question 22

Ergo

Answer 22

Therefore

Question 23

Erratum

Answer 23

Having been made in error

Question 24

Et alii
(Et al.)

Answer 24

And others

Question 25

Et cetera
(Etc.)

Answer 25

And other things

Question 26

Et sequentes
(et. seq.)

Answer 26

And the following things

Question 27

Ex delicto

Answer 27

Consequence of crime

Question 28

Ex gratia

Answer 28

By Favour

Question 29

Ex nunc

Answer 29

From now on

Question 30

Ex parte

Answer 30

From/for one party

Question 31

Ex post facto

Answer 31

After the fact

Question 32

Fiat

Answer 32

Let it be done

Question 33

Habeas corpus

Answer 33

You have the body

Question 34

In absentia

Answer 34

In absence

Question 35

In camera

Answer 35

In the chamber

Question 36

In curia

Answer 36

In court

Question 37

In pari delicto

Answer 37

In equal offence

Question 38

In pari materia

Answer 38

In the same matter

Question 39

In personam

Answer 39

Against the person

Question 40

In rem

Answer 40

About a thing

Question 41

Inter alia

Answer 41

Among other things

Question 42

Inter se

Answer 42

Amongst themselves

Question 43

Intra

Answer 43

Within

Question 44

Intra legem

Answer 44

Within the law

Question 45

Ipse dixit

Answer 45

He himself said it

Question 46

Ipso facto

Answer 46

By the fact itself

Question 47

Ipso jure

Answer 47

The law itself

Question 48

Jus

Answer 48

Law

Question 49

Locus

Answer 49

Place

Question 50

Locus delicti

Answer 50

Place of the crime

Question 51

Locus standi

Answer 51

In place of standing

Question 52

Mala fide

Answer 52

In bad faith

Question 53

Malum in se

Answer 53

Wrong in itself

Question 54

Malum prohibitum

Answer 54

Prohibited wrong (by law)

Question 55

Mea culpa

Answer 55

Through my fault

Question 56

Mens rea

Answer 56

Guilty mind

Question 57

Mutatis mutandis

Answer 57

Having changed the things that needed to be changed

Question 58

Nemo judex in causa sua

Answer 58

No one is judge in their own case

Question 59

Nihil dicit

Answer 59

He says nothing

Question 60

Nolle prosequi

Answer 60

Not to procecute

Question 61

Non compos mentis

Answer 61

Not of sound mind

Question 62

Noscitur a sociis

Answer 62

It is known by the company it keeps.

Question 63

Nota bene
(N.B.)

Answer 63

Note well

Question 64

Novus actus interveniens

Answer 64

A new action coming between

Question 65

Obiter dictum

Answer 65

Other things said

Question 66

Par delictum

Answer 66

Equal fault

Question 67

Per curiam

Answer 67

By the court

Question 68

Per incuriam

Answer 68

Through a lack of care

Question 69

Per minas

Answer 69

Through threats

Question 70

Per se

Answer 70

By itself

Question 71

Prima Facie

Answer 71

At first sight

Question 72

Pro bono

Answer 72

For the public good

Question 73

Pro Rata

Answer 73

In proportion

Question 74

Pro tanto

Answer 74

For so much

Question 75

Qua

Answer 75

Which/as

Question 76

Quaere

Answer 76

Query

Question 77

Quantum

Answer 77

How much

Question 78

Quantum meruit

Answer 78

As much as he deserved

Question 79

Quasi

Answer 79

As if

Question 80

Quid pro quo

Answer 80

Something for something

Question 81

Ratio decidendi

Answer 81

Reason for the decision

Question 82

Res derelictae

Answer 82

Abandoned goods

Question 83

Res ipsa loquitur

Answer 83

The thing speaks for itself

Question 84

Res judicata

Answer 84

A matter judged

Question 85

Res nova

Answer 85

A new thing

Question 86

Respondeat superior

Answer 86

Let the master answer

Question 87

Rex / Regina
(R)

Answer 87

King / Queen
(“The Crown”)

Question 88

Scienter

Answer 88

Knowingly

Question 89

Sine qua non

Answer 89

Without which not

Question 90

Stare decisis

Answer 90

Stand by things decided

Question 91

Sua sponte

Answer 91

Of its own accord

Question 92

Sui generis

Answer 92

Of its own kind

Question 93

Supra

Answer 93

Above

Question 94

Trial de novo

Answer 94

Trial anew

Question 95

Uberrimae fidei

Answer 95

Utmost good faith

Question 96

Ultra vires

Answer 96

Beyond the powers

Question 97

Veto

Answer 97

Forbid

Question 98

Vice Versa

Answer 98

The other way around

Question 99

Videlicet
(Viz.)

Answer 99

Namely