Legal Latin 2

Question 1

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

Answer 1

uberrimae fidei

Question 2

For a short time.

Answer 2

pro tempore

Question 3

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

Answer 3

per curiam

Question 4

Equally, or with no distinction.

Answer 4

pari passu

Question 5

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

Answer 5

onus probandi

Question 6

The mental state required to be guilty of committing a crime

Answer 6

mens rea

Question 7

An act which is not a crime, but is forbidden

Answer 7

mala prohibita

Question 8

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

Answer 8

mala in se

Question 9

The right to be heard in a court.

Answer 9

locus standi

Question 10

By the operation of the law.

Answer 10

ipso jure

Question 11

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

Answer 11

ipso facto

Question 12

Among / In addition to other things.

Answer 12

inter alia

Question 13

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

Answer 13

in rem

Question 14

Caught in the act of committing a crime

Answer 14

in flagrante delicto

Question 15

A legal remedy against wrongful imprisonment

Answer 15

habeas corpus

Question 16

After the event.

Answer 16

ex post facto

Question 17

A legal action or application pursued by one party only.

Answer 17

ex parte

Question 18

A gift (usually money) with no obligations attached.

Answer 18

ex gratia

Question 19

Starting again.

Answer 19

de novo

Question 20

The real proof that a crime has been committed

Answer 20

corpus delicti

Question 21

A real agreement to a contract by both parties.

Answer 21

consensus ad idem

Question 22

With no owner, or no obvious owner.

Answer 22

bona vacantia

Question 23

In good faith.

Answer 23

bona fide

Question 24

Referring to the case at law

Answer 24

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