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1
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Nullum crimen sine lege

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There is no crime without law

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Mala in se

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Evils in themselves

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Mala prohibita

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Mere regulatory offences; not criminal in any sens

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Sui generis

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Of it’s own kind

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Pro loco et tempore

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…

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Actus non facit reum nisi means sit rea

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Conduct does not make one guilty unless the mind is also guilty

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Dole (dolus)

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evil intent, wrongdoing with a view to the consequences

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Malregimen

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Grossly inadequate or inappropriate medical treatment after a criminal attack leading to more severe injury/death of the victim

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9
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Socius criminis

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socius criminis [Latin: associate in crime]

An *accomplice, especially one who has agreed to give evidence for the prosecution.

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10
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Amotio

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moving or taking away

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11
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Sine qua non

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But for

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Mutatis mutandis

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Mutatis mutandis’ translates to ‘all necessary changes having been made’ or ‘with the necessary changes’. The phrase mutatis mutandis indicates that whilst it may be necessary to make some changes to take account of different situations, the main point remains the same.

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13
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Voluntante

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By consent

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14
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Spondet peritiam artis

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?

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15
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Et emperitia culpae enumeratur

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16
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Jus quaesitum tertio

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Right on account of a third party

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17
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Paterfamilias

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Familia

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19
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Taliation

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20
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Legislating aquiliae

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21
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Actio injuriarum

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22
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Ius civile

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.i

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23
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Actiones poenales

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24
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Damnum injuria datum

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Loss wrongfully cause

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25
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Contumelia

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Insult

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26
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Animus injurandi

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Intention to insult

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27
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qui facit per alium facit per se

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he who does something through another does it himself

28
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respondeat superior

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let the master answer

29
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pro hac vice

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‘for this turn’

30
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ulpian - corpus, fama, dignitas

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bodily integrity, reputation, dignity

31
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contumelia

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insult

32
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veritas convicii non excusat

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truth does not excuse convicium

33
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a coelo usque ad centrum

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from the heavens to the centre of the earth

34
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aemulationem vicini

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?

35
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jus commune

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?

36
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opus manufactum

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an artificial working of land

37
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damnum fatale

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?

38
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res ipsa loquitur

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the facts speak for themselves

39
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culpa levissima

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?

40
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sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas

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use your own property so as not to harm another’s

41
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plus quam tolerabile

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?

42
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mora and taciturnity

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delay and silence

43
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vitium reale

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?

44
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vitious

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unlawful

45
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ex facie

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?

46
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nemo dat quod non habet rule

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?

47
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lex mercatoria

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merchant law

48
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Homo homini lupus

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Man is wolf to man

49
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Per aspera ad astra

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Through hardships to the stars

50
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Post natus

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after born

51
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Conditio si testator sine liberis decesserit

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allows a Will that does not make provision for future children to be presumed to be revoked following the birth of a further child

52
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quoad ultra

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everything else

53
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Actus non facit reum nisi men sit rea

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Conduct does not make one guilty unless the mind is also guilty

54
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sine qua non

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‘but for test’

55
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Cur. adv. vult or CAV

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Curia advisari vult - the court wished to be advised. it is used in a law report to indicate that the court’s judgment was reserved, as opposed to being given extempore

56
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quot homines, tot sententiae

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as many men, so many opinion: there are so many opinions as there are people

57
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Dominium

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Domination; the absolute right to a thing

58
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Possession

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Possession; Indicated only a physical control over the thing which had as such no legal consequences in the early law

59
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Res Cogitans

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(Latin, a thinking thing)

The famous answer given by Descartes to the question, ‘what am I?’ as it occurred after the method of doubt left him with only the proposition, ‘I think, therefore I am.’ It is contrasted with res extensa or extended material things.

60
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quantum lucratus

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‘insofar as made richer’,

61
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Locatio rei

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A term used in the civil law, which signifies the hiring of a thing. It is a contract by which one of the parties obligates himself to, give to the other the use and enjoyment, of a certain thing for a period of time agreed upon between them, and in consideration of a price which the latter binds himself to pay in return. Poth. Contr. de Louage, n. l. See Bailment; Hire; Hirer; Letter.

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Locatio operatis

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LOCATIO OPERIS, contracts. A term used in the civil law, to signify the hiring of labor and services. It is a contract by which one of the parties gives a certain work to be performed by the other, who binds himself to do it for the price agreed between them, which he who gives the work to be done promises to pay to the other for doing it. Poth. Louage, n. 392. This is divided into two branches, first, Locatio operis faciendi; and, secondly, Locatio mercium vehendarum.

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Actor sequitur forum rei

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The pursuer follows the court of the defender

64
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Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea

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Behaviour cannot amount to a crime unless carried out with a blameworthy state of mind

65
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Novus actus interveniens

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An intervening act; broken the chain of causation

66
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Malregimen

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Poor or incorrect medical treatment of the victim

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