Latin Phrases E-I

Question 1

exempli gratia (e.g.)

Answer 1

for example

Question 2

en banc

Answer 2

in/on the bench, the entire membership of an appellate court

Question 3

en bloc

Answer 3

in a block, as a whole

Question 4

ergo

Answer 4

therefore

Question 5

escheat

Answer 5

reversion of property to the state when there are no legal heirs

Question 6

estoppel

Answer 6

legal impediment to bringing/maintaining an action

Question 7

et alias/ et al

Answer 7

and another, referring to other parties involved but not specifically named

Question 8

et sequentes (et seq)

Answer 8

and the following, refers to further material after a citation

Question 9

et uxor (et ux)

Answer 9

and spouse

Question 10

ex contractu

Answer 10

from the contract

Question 11

ex curia

Answer 11

out of court

Question 12

ex delicto

Answer 12

resulting from a crime, tort, malfeasance, or a contractual duty

Question 13

ex parte

Answer 13

from one part, something done by or for one party only

Question 14

ex post facto

Answer 14

after the fact

Question 15

forum

Answer 15

place, venue

Question 16

forum non conveniens

Answer 16

inconvenient forum, authority of a court to decline jurisdiction

Question 17

habeas corpus

Answer 17

a writ issued to release someone from improper imprisonment

Question 18

idem

Answer 18

same

Question 19

id est (i.e.)

Answer 19

that is

Question 20

in absentia

Answer 20

in the absence of

Question 21

in camera

Answer 21

in a room

Question 22

indicia

Answer 22

identifying marks or characteristics

Question 23

in forma pauperis

Answer 23

permission granted to a poor litigant to proceed without having to pay court fees

Question 24

in limine

Answer 24

immediately before or at the very beginning of a case

Question 25

in loco parentis

Answer 25

in the place of a parent

Question 26

in medias res

Answer 26

in the middle of things, without preface or introduction

Question 27

in personam

Answer 27

legal action against a person as opposed to his/her property

Question 28

in properia persona (in pro per)

Answer 28

pleading a case on one’s own behalf without an attorney

Question 29

in re

Answer 29

in the matter of

Question 30

in rem

Answer 30

legal action against property as opposed to a person

Question 31

inter alia

Answer 31

among other things

Question 32

inter alios

Answer 32

among other persons

Question 33

in toto

Answer 33

in all, entirely

Question 34

inter se

Answer 34

between themselves

Question 35

inter vivos

Answer 35

gift or property passing from one person to another, but not by means of a will or in anticipation of death

Question 36

intra vires

Answer 36

an act which a person or corporation has the authority to perform

Question 37

ipse dixit

Answer 37

a bare assertion resting only on a person’s own word

Question 38

ipso facto

Answer 38

by the fact itself