Latin Phrases J-P

Question 1

jurat

Answer 1

he/she swears, the clause at the end of a sworn statement showing when, where, and by whom the statement was signed under penalty of perjury

Question 2

laches

Answer 2

failure to perform a duty or assert a right

Question 3

les scripta

Answer 3

written law (statutory law)

Question 4

lis pendens

Answer 4

pending lawsuit

Question 5

magna cum laude

Answer 5

with great praise

Question 6

malum in se / mala prohibita

Answer 6

wrong or evil in itself, acts forbidden by statutory law

Question 7

mea culpa

Answer 7

my fault

Question 8

mens

Answer 8

a person’s intention, knowledge, or meaning

Question 9

mens rea

Answer 9

having criminal intent

Question 10

mens sana in corpore sano

Answer 10

a healthy mind in a healthy body

Question 11

minutia

Answer 11

trivial or insignificant details

Question 12

ne plus ultra

Answer 12

a point beyond which one cannot go any further

Question 13

nolle prosequi

Answer 13

we shall no longer prosecute

Question 14

nolo contendere

Answer 14

a criminal plea neither admitting nor denying the charges but accepting the consequences

Question 15

non compos mentis

Answer 15

not of sound mind

Question 16

non obstante

Answer 16

notwithstanding, nevertheless

Question 17

non sequitur

Answer 17

a conclusion which does not follow logically from what it is based on

Question 18

nunc pro tunc

Answer 18

phrase applied to acts performed with retroactive effect

Question 19

parol

Answer 19

expressed by speech only as opposed to evidenced by documents

Question 20

pendente lite

Answer 20

happening during litigation

Question 21

per capita

Answer 21

according to the number of people involved

Question 22

per centum

Answer 22

by a hundred - a percentage

Question 23

per curiam

Answer 23

by the court

Question 24

per se

Answer 24

in and of itself

Question 25

post hac

Answer 25

after this

Question 26

postmortem

Answer 26

after death

Question 27

prima facie

Answer 27

first appearance, at first sight

Question 28

pro bono

Answer 28

services performed free of charge

Question 29

pro forma

Answer 29

for the sake of form - a formality

Question 30

pro hac vice

Answer 30

for a particular occasion, only this once

Question 31

pro rata

Answer 31

in proportion, a proportional division

Question 32

pro se

Answer 32

representing him/herself without an attorney

Question 33

pro tempore (pro tem)

Answer 33

a temporary substitute