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A contrario:
A fortiori:
A posteriori:
A priori:
Abdicatio:
Abusus iuris:
Acquisitio: ,
Actio: ,
Actio negatoria:
Actio pauliana:
Actio popularis:
Actio publiciana:
Actum:
Actus:
Actus legitimus:
Ad hoc:
Adoptio:
Advocatus:
Aequalitas:
Aetas:
Alienatio:
Alienus: ,
Amicus curia:
Animus: ,
Animus domini:
Animus nocendi:
Annalis:
Annus:
Anticipatio:
Appelio: ,
Appellatio: ,
Appellator:
Arbiter:
Argumentum: E
Argumentum a contrario:
Argumentum a majori ad minus:

Argumentum a minori ad maius:

Argumentum a silentio:
Auctor:
Audientia:
Audientia episcopalis:
Auditorium:
Beneficium: ,
Bona fides:
Boni mores:
Bonorum:
Bonus: ,
Capacitas:
Casus:
Causa:
Causa adaequata:
Causa lucrativa:
Causa mortis:
Casus belli:
Certus: ,
Ceteris paribus:
Civilis:
Civitas:
Communis:
Communitas:
Compensatio:
Concretus:
Condemnatio:
Conditio: ,
Conditio sine qua non:
Confessio:
Confirmatio: ,
Confusio:
Consensus:
Constitutio:
Contra: ,
Controversia:
Corpus:
Crimen: ,
Culpa: ,
Da mihi factum, dabo tibi jus: ,

Damno:
De:
De facto:
De jure:
De lege ferenda:
De lege lata:
Debitum:
Decessio:
Declaratio:
Dedicatio:
Defensio:
Definitio:
Delictum:
Delictum sui generis:
Derelictio: ,
Dies:
Differentia:
Dissolvo:
Distributio:
Divido:
Dolus:
Domesticus:
Domicilium:
Dominium: ,
Dominus:
Domus:
Donatio: ,
Dos:
Edictum:
Effectum:
Emancipatio:
Emissio:
Erga omnes:
Error: ,
Ex: ,
Ex aequo et bono:
Ex contrario:
Ex nunc:
Ex tunc:
Facio:
Factum:
Fatalis:

Fictio juris:
Fides:
Fidelis:
Finis: ,
Fiscus: , - ()
Forum: ,
Fructus:
Generalis:
Gens:
Gradus: ()
Gratia: ,
Hereditas: ,
Honestas: ,
Hostis:
Id est:
Ignoratia:
Ignorantia facti:
Imperfectus:
Imperium:
In:
In abstracto:
In concreto:
In dubio pro reo:
Index:
Iniuria:
Inter:
Inter alia:
Inter partes:
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Interpretatio:
Interpretatio extensiva:
Interpretatio restrictiva:
Interrogatio: ,
Interrogo: ,
Interruptio:
Ips facto: ()
Judex: ,

Jure:
Jus: ,
Jus antiquum:
Jus civile:
Jus domicili:
Jus dispositivum:
Jus publicum:
Ius sanguinis:
Ius soli:
Jus scriptum:
Jus strictum:
Justa causa:
Justitia:
Lapsus:
Lato sensu:
Legislatio:
Legitimatio:
Lex:
Lex contractus:
Lex causae:
Lex cogens:
Lex domicili:
Lex dispositiva:
Lex fori:
Lex hereditatis:
Lex imperfecta:
Lex lata:
Lex perfecta:
Lex scripta:
Lex loci actus:
Lex loci celebrationis:
Lex loci delicti comissi:
Lex mercatoria:
Lex patriae:
Lex rei sitae:
Lex sedis:
Liber:
Liberatio:
Libertas:
Limes: ,
Lingua:
Locus:
Longa usus:
Lucrum:

Lucrum ex re:
Majores:
Mala fide:
Mala fides superveniens:
Male:
Malum:
Mare liberum:
Matrimonium:
Memoria:
Mercator:
Minister: ,
Missio:
Mobilis:
Modus:
s maiorum:
Mutatis mutandis:
Ne bis in idem:
Necessarius:
Necessitas:
Negatio:
Negativus:
Negligentia:
Nobilis:
Noceo:
Nomen:
Nullus:
Numerus:
Nunc:
Obiter dictum:
Obligatio: ,
Obligatio ex contractu:
Obligatio ex lege:
Occupatio:
Occupo: ,
Officium:
Onerosus:
Opinio iuris:
Pacta sunt servanta:

Pactum:
Pars: ,
Patria: ,
Pecunia:
Per:
Perceptio:
Perfectus:
Periculum:
Permissio:
Per se:
Persecutio:
Persecutor:
Persona:
Personalis:
Petitio:
Petitio principii:
Poena:
Popularis:
Populus: ,
Portio:
Possessio:
Possessor:
Possideo: ,
Post:
Potentia:
Privatus:
Privilegium:
Privilegium fori:
Probabilis:
Prohibeo:
Promissio:
Proprietas:
Protestatio:
Proximus:
Prudentia:
Publicum:
Publicus:
Punitio:
Quaestor:
Qualitas:
Quantitas:
Quasi:
Quid pro quo:

Ratio:
Ratio legis:
Referendum:
Reformatio:
Refugium:
Regula:
Remedium:
Res:
Res communis usus:
Res-publica:
Restitutio:
Satisfactio:
Securitas:
Sedes:
Separatio:
Sic:
Sine:
Sine qua non:
Singularis:
Societas: ,
Solum:
Solus:
Solutio:
Specialis:
Status:
Status quo:
Strictus:
Stricto sensu:
Sub:
Successio: , ,
Sui generis:
Surrogatum:
Tabula:
Tempus:
Teneo: ,
Terminus:
Terminus technicus:
Titulus:
Traditio:
Transactio:

Ultimus:
Usucapio:
Usus:
Utilis:
Utilitas:
Vacatio:
Vacatio legis:
Venditio:
Verbum:
Veritas:
Veto:
Virtus:
Vis:
Vis absoluta: ()
Vis compulsiva:
Vocatio:
Voluntas:

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a fortiori : "with greater reason or more convincing force - used in drawing a conclusion that is
inferred to be even more certain than another." Ex.: If it is a violation of the sending state's rights
to arrest its consular official, then a fortiori it would be a violation to arrest its ambassador.
a posteriori : from effect to cause; from particular to general; inductive (based on observation or
experience).
a priori : from cause to effect; from generalization to particular; deductive; presupposed by or
reasoning from self-evident propositions (based on theory rather than practice).
amicus curiae : "friend of the court"; a person with a strong interest in or views on the subject
matter of a given legal action may petition the court for permission to file a brief, ostensibly on
behalf of a party but actually to suggest a rationale consistent with its own views. Such amicus
curiae briefs are commonly filed in appeals concerning matters of a broad public interest.
contra legem : "against the law" (term used to describe an equitable decision of a court or
tribunal that is contrary to the law governing the controversy. Such a decision would not
normally be permitted unless the tribunal had been empowered to act ex aequo et bono). As
opposed to intra legem.

de facto : in fact (as opposed to in law, de jure)

de lege ferenda : what the law ought to be (as opposed to what the law is, de lege lata).
de lege lata : what the law is (as opposed to what the law ought to be, de lege ferenda).
de jure: in law (as opposed to in fact, de facto).
erga omnes: "toward all", wrongful acts that harm everyone and not simply one injured party
estoppel : the requirement of consistency in legal argumentation. "You can't have it both ways."
That is: "You can't have your cake and eat it, too."Hypothetical example: Party A cannot claim a
right from Party B if Party A previously took actions or made statements that were contrary to
the current claims and which led Party B to take an action that is the subject of the current claim.
ex aequo et bono: a judgment based on considerations of fairness, not on considerations of
existing law. Such a judgment is rendered "beside" or "against the law" (praeter legem or contra
legem), not within the law (infra legem or intra legem)
inter alia : among other things.
intra legem : "within the law" (term used to describe an equitable decision of a court or tribunal
that is consistent with the rules of law governing the controversy). As opposed to contra legem.
ipso facto : by the fact (or act) itself.
jus inter gentes : "law among peoples" (nations).
jus civile : law created within each country. (Jus civile is one of two categories of law in formal
Roman law, along with jus gentium).
jus cogens: "compelling law," peremptory principles of international law that cannot be
overriden by specific treaties between countries; that is: norms that admit of no derogation; they
are binding on all states at all times (e.g., prohibitions on aggression, slavery, and genocide)
jus gentium : "law of peoples" or "law of tribes," a body of law developed by a Roman praetor
peregrinus; applied to non-Romans in the Empire and to dealings between Romans and nonRomans. Jus gentium is one of two categories of law in formal Roman law, along with jus civile.
jus naturale : law of nature. he classical Greeks originated the "natural law" idea, but it was

greatly elaborated upon by the Romans, including Marcus Aurelius and Cicero; natural law
scholars argue that law has a metaphysical source (God, nature) and is apprehensible by rational
humans; the law transcends tiem, place, and circumstance...
jus sanguines: the "right of blood" or "law of descent" - at birth an individual acquires the
nationality of her or his parents. In contrast to jus soli.
jus soli : the "law (or right) of the soil" - the legal principle that an individual's nationality is
determined by that person's place of birth (that is, the territory of a given state). Contrast to jus
sanguines
lex communis: the common law; the body of law developed by human practice.
lex posterior derogat priori: more recent law prevails over (abrogrates, overrrules, trumps) an
inconsistent earlier law. One test that is applied in circumstances when (1) both customary and
treaty sources of law exist and (2) these two sources cannot be construed consistently.
lex scripta: written, "black letter" law
lex specialis derogat generali: specific law prevails over (abrogrates, overrrules, trumps) general
law. One test that is applied in circumstances when (1) both customary and treaty sources of law
exist and (2) these two sources cannot be construed consistently.
locus delicti: The place of the offense.
mare clausum: closed seas; as opposed to mare liberum (freedom of the seas)
mare liberum: freedom of the seas; as opposed to mare clausum (closed seas)
mutatis mutandis: "when what must be changed has been changed," after making the necessary
changes; with alterations to fit the new circumstances. For example: "The new provisions
governing the tribunal's operations are to apply as well to the court's operations, mutatis
mutandis.
opinio juris sive necessitatis: (or simply, opinio juris) the perception that a given behavior is
required by law, that it is legally obliged, a duty. (as opposed to behaviors that are motivated by
other concerns, or simply random or habitual behavior).
pacta sunt servanda: the doctrine that agreements must be observed (that is: honored, obeyed).
persona non grata: An unwelcome person - this is the basis of expulsion in diplomatic exchanges.

prima facie: "at first sight," on the face of it, on first consideration. Something presumed or
inferred to be true, unless proven otherwise. The standard of evidence applied at U.S. extradition
hearings.
rebus sic stantibus: "matters standing thus," "things staying as they are" - the doctrine that treaty
obligations hold only as long as the fundamental conditions and expectations that existed at the
time of their creation hold.
res publica christiana: the community of Christian nations.
sine qua non : "without which not," an indispensable condition, a prerequisite
terra nullius: land without an owner ("no man's land"); territory that may be acquired by a state's
occupation of it
uti possidetis: "as you possess", so you may continue to possess [in the post-war context: the
concept that a state may retain possession of territory acquired by force during war] [in the postcolonial context: the concept that colonial territorial boundaries continue in the post-colonial
period and that decolonized territories are not terra nullius (and thus, subject to occupation)].
vel non : "or not "