1.

       A fortiori – “With even stronger reason”, which applies to a situation in

which if one thing is true then it can be deduced that a second thing is even
more certainly true.

2.       A posteriori - Relating to or originating by reasoning from the

observation of facts

3.       A priori - From what was before

4.       Ab extra – From outside

5.       Ab incunablis - From infancy

6.       Ab initio – From the beginning

7.       Ab intra - From within

8.       Absoluta sentential expositore non indiget – An absolute judgment

needs no expositor

9.       Actio personalis moritur cum persona – A personal action dies with the
person

10.     Actiones legis – Law suits

11.     Actori incumbit onus probandi – The burden of proof lies on the plaintiff

12.     Actus nemini facit injuriam – The act of the law does no one wrong

13.     Actus reus – A guilty deed or act

14.     Ad absurdum – To the point of preposterousness

15.     Ad eundem – To the same level

16.     Ad eundem gradum – To the same degree

17.     Ad hoc – For this purpose

18.     Ad hominem – Represents an argument made personally against an

opponent, rather than a logical argument 
           against an issue

19.     Ad idem – Of the same mind

20.     Ad infinitum – Forever, without limit

21.     Ad locum – At the place

22.     Ad nauseam – To a repulsive extent

23.     Ad quaestionem facti non respondent judices – The judges do not

answer to a question of fact

24.     Ad referendum – Subject to reference

25.     Ad valorem – By the value e.g. ad valorem tax

26.     Addenda – Things to be attached

27.     Addendum – A thing to be attached

28.     Aedificare in tuo proprio solo non licet quod alteri noceat – It is not
lawful to build on one’s
          own land what may be  injurious to another
29.     Aequitas legem sequitur – Equity follows the law

30.     Aequitas nunquam contravenit legem – Equity never contradicts the law

31.     Affidavit – A sworn written statement usable as evidence in court

32.     Agenda – Things to be done

33.     Alibi – At another place, elsewhere

34.     Allegatio contra factum non est admittenda – An allegation contrary to a

deed is not to be heard

35.     Alter ego – Other “I” or “Other self”

36.     Ambiguitas contra stipulatorem est – An ambiguity is most strongly

construed against the party using it

37.     Amicus curiae – A friend of the Court

38.     Amicus omnibus, amicus nemini – A friend to everyone is a friend to

none

39.     Annus horribilis – A horrible  year

40.     Annus mirabilis – A fantastic year

41.     Ante – Before

42.     Ante meridiem – Before noon

43.     Arbitrium est judicium – An award is a judgment

44.     Assentio mentium – The meeting of minds, i.e. mutual assent

45.     Assignatus utitur jure auctoris – An assignee is clothed with rights of his
assignor

46.     Audi alteram partem – Hear the other side

B.

47.     Bona fide – Sincere, in good faith

48.     Bona fides – Honest purpose

49.     Bona vacantia – Goods without an owner

50.     Boni judici est ampliare jurisdictionem – It is the part of  a good judge to
enlarge his jurisdiction

51.     Boni judicis est judicium sine dilation mandare executioni – It is the duty
of a good judge to cause execution to issue on a judgment without delay

52.     Bonus judex secundum aequum et bonum judicat et aequitatem stricto

juri praefert – A good judge decides according to justice and right and prefers
equity to strict law

C.

53.     Cadit quaestio – The matter admits of no further argument

54.     Causa proxima, non remota spectatur – The immediate and not the
remote cause is to be considered
55.     Caveat emptor – Let the purchaser beware

56.     Caveat venditor – Let the seller beware

57.     Ceteris paribus – Other things being equal

58.     Circa – Around

59.     Cogito, ergo sum – I think, therefore I am

60.     Compos mentis – Stable, lucid, sane

61.     Consensu – Unanimously or, by general consent

62.     Consensus ad idem – Agreement as to the same things

63.     Contra – To the contrary

64.     Contra bonos mores – Against good morals

65.     Contra non valentem agere nulla currit praescriptio – No prescription

runs against a person not able to act

66.     Conventio et modus vincunt legem – A contract and agreement

overcome the law

67.     Coram non judice – Before one who is not a judge

68.     Corpus – Body

69.     Corrigenda – A list of things to be rectified

70.     Corpus delicti – The body, i.e. the gist of crime

71.     Crimen omnia ex se nata vitiat – Crime vitiates everything, which
springs from it.