Latin Phrases Used In Legal English

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ad hoc for this purpose ŒŦƋ¾ŞŊƇƆóŖŧƍƂŦƆƃŒŗƒœźƄƃ

ŭŤºŬƍºƋƍ ƑƆœƆŰºƈƗŒ¾ŤťřƆƃŒ
œºƋŧŲƈƑżŇťŕƃŒťŶŕƎƍŵťƃŒƑż¾Ťťřƒ
amicus curiae friend of the court
ƇƍƈœƀƃŒƑżƊƒƄŵžƄűƒƍƊƃžšŲŽšƃ
ŗƆƂšƆƃŒžƒťŮƑƈœƆƍŧƃŒ

ŨƍºšƒƐŦºƃŒŭŤŬƃŒ¾śƆŗƒƈƃŒƇŪš
bona fide in good faith
ŔšœŮƊƃƅƄŶƒƙƐŊŗƒƈƇŪšŕĹƙƍƀƈƆ

ƐŦºƃŒƐťœºƆƃŒŇƑŬºƃŒŗƆƒŧŞƃŒƅŪŞ
"body of the crime" - material ŗºśŞƂ óƊřŕƀŵŊ ƍŊŗƆƒŧŞƃŒƊƒƄŵŘŶſƍ
corpus delicti evidence that crime has occurred žƒŧšŗƆƒŧŞœƌřŽƄŤ¾ŨƈƆœƒœƀŕƍŊ¾ƒřƀƃŒ
ťƆŶƃŒ

cui bono good for whom, i.e., who benefits? ĹƚśƆƑőœŰƀƃŒƅƂšƃŒƇƆťƒŽřŪƆƃŒ
de facto according to the fact or deed ƊƆƂšƍŊŴſŒƍƄƃĹœƀŕű

de jure according to the law ƇƍƈœƀƃŒƅƂšŕ

et uxor and (his) wife ƊřŞƍŨƍ

ex officio by virtue of the office held ŗŽƒŲƍƃŒƅƂšŕ

ƑƈƍƈœºƀƃŒŻŧºŶƃŒƎŧŞ ƑŶŞŧŧśŊƍŦ
ŧºŬœŕƆŧśŋºŕťƒťŞƃŒƇƍƈœƀƃŒžƒŕűřƏƄŵ
a new law applied retroactively to a
ex post facto
deed already done
ŖťƒŧŞƃŒƑżŖŧŬœŕƆŖŧŬƈťŶŕƊƀƒŕűřƐŊ
ƏƄŵƑŶŞŧŧśŊƊƃƇƍƂƒƇŊƇƍťŗƒƆŪŧƃŒ
ƅƒťƀƃŒƇƍƈœƀƃŒƑżƅřƍžŕŪœƆ

you may have the body (writ ŗº

ºƆƂšƆƃŒƅœº
ºƆŊƅƌřº
ºƆƃŒŧœŰº
ºšōŧº
ºƆŊ
habeas corpus requiring party be brought to court
promptly) ƑŽŪŶřƃŒ¾œƀřŵƙŒƇƆƉŦœƀƈōƍƊřƆƂœšƆƃ

mala fide in bad faith ŗƒƈŇƍŪŕ

in flagrante ƅƌřºƆƃŒűŕºŰƏƃō ŠƄűŮƆƃŒŒŦƌŕťŮƀƒ

in the act
delicto ŗƆƒŧŞƃŒŔœƂřŧœŕĹœŪŕƄřƆ

ƍŊƑŵťºƆƃŒƇŊƐŊ ƊŮºŤŬŕŧƍŰšƃŒ
in one's own person - without a
in prope persona
lawyer
ƊŪºŽƈŕŇœŰºƀƃŒƅœƆŊ¾śƆƊƒƄŵƑŵťƆƃŒ
ƅœšƆ¾ƂƍƒƇŊƇƍť

ŗŕƌƃŒ ƍ ŴƒŕƃœƂ ƑƈƍƈœƀƃŒ ŻŧŮřƃŒ ƅƂšŕ

ipso facto by the very deed
ţƃŒŇŒŧŬƃŒƍ

ŇƑºŬ ¾ºƆŵ žºƒŧű ó ŇŒŧŞō ŔƍƄŪŊ

modus operandi manner of working, operating
ŗƆƂšƆƃŒƅœƆŊƎƍŵťƃŒŴżŧŔƍƄŪŋƂ

"I don't wish to prosecute" (will ŗƄºŮŒƍƆƇºŵŇœŵťƗŒƍŊƑŵťƆƃŒƑƄŤř

nolo prosequi
drop all parts of a lawsuit) ŗƆƂšƆƃŒƅœƆŊƎƍŵťƃŒ
nolo contendere I will not contend (plea equal to ƊƒƃōťƈŪƆƃŒƅŧŞƃœŕƅƌřƆƃŒŻŒŧřŵŒ
admission of guilt but allows
recourse to deny the matter in
subsequent proceedings)

non compos űœƀºŪƗŻœƂűŧŬƍƋƍ ¾ƀŶƃŒ¾řŤƆ

not of sane mind
mentis ƊƈŵŗƒƄƋƕŒ

ŇœºƈśŊ Ɗºƈŵ ŧťŮºř ƑřƃŒ ƑŰœƀƃŒ ŇŒŧŊ

a judicial opinion not binding on
obiter dictum
other courts
ŗºƆŨƄƆŧŕřŶřƙƍ ƎƍŵťƃŒƑż¾ŮŽƃŒ
ƎŧŤƕŒƅƂœšƆƄƃ

onus probandi burden of proof ƏŵťŒƇƆƏƄŵŴƀƒƐŦƃŒŘœŕśƗŒŇŔŵ

per se in itself ƊřŒŦťšƑż

prima facie at first sight ŧƋœŲƃŒŚƒšƇƆ

pro forma as a matter of form only ¾ƂŬƃŒŚƒšƇƆƐŧƍŮ

pro tempore (pro

for the time being, temporarily ĹœřſŌƆ
tem)

sine die
without a specific date set for ƏƆŪƆ¾ŞŊŧƒźƃ
reconvening