Latin phrases

Question 1

bona fide

Answer 1

In good faith

Question 2

Inter Alia

Answer 2

Among other things

Question 3

Caveat Emptor

Answer 3

The buyer is responsible for checking a purchase

Question 4

Obiter Dicta

Answer 4

Things which are said in passing

Question 5

vice versa

Answer 5

In the opposite way

Question 6

Viva voce

Answer 6

By speaking

Question 7

Compos mentis

Answer 7

Sane

Question 8

Sui generis

Answer 8

In a class of its own

Question 9

Tuties Quotes

Answer 9

As often as necessary

Question 10

Inter Vivos

Answer 10

Between living people

Question 11

Abias corpus

Answer 11

A legal remedy against wrongful imprisonment

Question 12

Ipso Facto

Answer 12

By this facts, in itself

Question 13

Doli Capax

Answer 13

Capable of crime

Question 14

Per Capita

Answer 14

For each person

Question 15

Prima Facie

Answer 15

As things seem at first

Question 16

ab initio

Answer 16

From the beginning.

Question 17

actus reus

Answer 17

An act forbidden by criminal law

Question 18

ad litem

Answer 18

Referring to the case at law

Question 19

bona vacantia

Answer 19

With no owner, or no obvious owner.

Question 20

consensus ad idem

Answer 20

A real agreement to a contract by both parties.

Question 21

corpus delicti -

Answer 21

The real proof that a crime has been committed

Question 22

de facto

Answer 22

Taken as a matter of fact, even though the legal status may not be certain.

Question 23

de jure

Answer 23

A situation where the legal title is clear.

Question 24

de novo

Answer 24

Starting again.

Question 25

ex gratia

Answer 25

A gift (usually money) with no obligations attached.

Question 26

ex parte

Answer 26

A legal action or application pursued by one party only.

Question 27

ex post facto

Answer 27

After the event.

Question 28

habeas corpus

Answer 28

A legal remedy against wrongful imprisonment

Question 29

in flagrante delicto

Answer 29

Caught in the act of committing a crime

Question 30

in loco parentis

Answer 30

Acting in place of a parent

Question 31

in personam

Answer 31

Legal action against a person (for example, one party in a case claims that the other should do some act or pay damages).

Question 32

in rem

Answer 32

Legal action against a thing (for example, one party claims property or goods in the possession of another).

Question 33

inter alia

Answer 33

Among / In addition to other things.

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in terrorem

Answer 34

When a threat is implied in a contract, and as a result the contract is invalid.

Question 35

ipso facto

Answer 35

By this fact, or the fact itself shows this to be true.

Question 36

ipso jure

Answer 36

By the operation of the law.

Question 37

locus standi

Answer 37

The right to be heard in a court.

Question 38

mala in se

Answer 38

An act, such as murder, which is a crime in itself

Question 39

mala prohibita

Answer 39

An act which is not a crime, but is forbidden

Question 40

mens rea

Answer 40

The mental state required to be guilty of committing a crime

Question 41

non compos mentis

Answer 41

Mad, or not completely sane.

Question 42

onus probandi

Answer 42

The duty to prove that what has been alleged in court is true

Question 43

pari passu

Answer 43

Equally, or with no distinction

Question 44

per curiam

Answer 44

A decision correctly made by a court, which can be used as a precedent

Question 45

per se

Answer 45

On its own, or all alone

Question 46

prima facie

Answer 46

On the face of it, or as things seem at first.

Question 47

pro tempore

Answer 47

For a short time.

Question 48

quid pro quo

Answer 48

An action done in return for something done or promised

Question 49

res judicata

Answer 49

A matter on which a judgement has been given.

Question 50

uberrimae fidei

Answer 50

In total good faith, a state which should exist between parties to some types of legal relationship

Question 51

ultra vires

Answer 51

Acting in a way which exceeds your legal powers.