Legal Latin 2 Flashcards
In total good faith, a state which should exist between parties to some types of legal relationship
uberrimae fidei
For a short time.
pro tempore
A decision correctly made by a court, which can be used as a precedent
per curiam
Equally, or with no distinction.
pari passu
The duty to prove that what has been alleged in court is true
onus probandi
The mental state required to be guilty of committing a crime
mens rea
An act which is not a crime, but is forbidden
mala prohibita
An act, such as murder, which is a crime in itself
mala in se
The right to be heard in a court.
locus standi
By the operation of the law.
ipso jure
By this fact, or the fact itself shows this to be true.
ipso facto
Among / In addition to other things.
inter alia
Legal action against a thing (for example, one party claims property or goods in the possession of another).
in rem
Caught in the act of committing a crime
in flagrante delicto
A legal remedy against wrongful imprisonment
habeas corpus