Latin Words And Phrases Flashcards
Prima facie
Based on first impression, self evident obvious
Bona fide
Genuine, real, In good faith
Ultra Vires
Beyond ones legal power or authority
Non compos mentis
Not sane or in one’s right mind
Re
In the matter of
Ipso facto
By that very fact
Subpoena
A writ ordering a person to attend a court
Alibi
A claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, usually criminal, allegedly took place
Audi alteram partem
Listening to the other side
In flagrante delicto
In the blazing offense (caught in the act of committing an offence
Mea culpa
My fault, I apologise
Crimen criminis
Crime, criminal
Quis custodiet custodies ipsos
Who guards the guardians themselves
Ad infinitum
To infinity, again and again in the same way, forever
Cum laude
With distinction, with honours
Ex officio
In discharge of one’s duty, in virtue of one’s office
In toto
In total, as a whole, completely, without exception
Per se
By or in itself or themselves, intrinsically
Sub indice
That is under the consideration of court or judge and therefore prohibited from detailed public discussion
Under consideration, undecided
De iure
By right, of right
Based on laws or actions of the state
Ex post facto
From an after act or deed
-after the fact
Sine die
Without any day being specified
Indefinitely
Ad hoc
For a particular purpose, in response to a specific need
Inter alia
Amongst other things
In loco parentis
In place or the role of a parent
Substituting for a parent
Status quo
The existing state of affairs
In camera
In the judges private chambers
In absentia
In his or her or their absence
While not present at an event being referred to
Sub Rosa
Privately, secretly
Per annum
By the year or in each year or yearly
Sine qua non
Something absolutely indispensable essential
Quid pro quo
Something given or received for something else
Persona non grata
A person who is unacceptable or unwelcomed
Et al
And others (Used especially to avoid giving a list of authors in full)
Ca.
Around or approximately
It is used before a date to indicate that the event the date is referring to happened somewhere near the date in question.
I.e
That is(to say)
Used to clarify a previous statement By introducing more specific wording
Ect.
And the rest and forth
Indicate more unmention things that following the list
Q.v
Which see
It is usually used direct the reader to another source or reference within the same work or in a different wor
Cf.
Compare
It is usually used to advise the reader to compare the content of the current reading to another sources.
Ibid
In the same place
It is often used in referencing to say that the current information being cited can be found in the previous reference.
Op. Cit.
In the work cited
It is used to refer to information that has been previously cited without providing the full citation for the source.
Pp.
Multiple pages
P
One page
E.g
It is used in much the same ways as ‘for example,’ coming before an item or list of items.
Infra dig.
beneath one; demeaning.
Loc. cit.
a footnote or endnote term used to repeat the title and page number for a given work. used in place of ibid. when the reference is not only to the work immediately preceding, but also refers to the same page
Viz
used, especially in written English, when you want to give more detail or be more exact about something you have just written:
P.s
This is an abbreviation that stands for postscript. It comes from the Latin word postscriptum. When translated, this word means “written after
N.b.
It is used to emphasize an important point.
