A companion animal is just another word for a family pet. Think Fido and Fluffy. At Pets for Patriots, we celebrate the extraordinary, innate therapeutic abilities of the everyday companion dog or cat.
1 per se (Latin), a Latin phrase meaning by itself or in itself. 2  Illegal per se, the legal usage in criminal and anti-trust law.  Negligence per se, legal use in tort law.
Most illegal per se acts rely on statutes which define the illegal act. Usually it is only necessary to prove that the defendant violated the statute, and that the violation was the cause of the plaintiffâs injuries or losses.There is no need to prove that the defendant intended to commit the act.hus, if an act is categorized as illegal per se, it means that it does not require any additional proof or surrounding circumstances, such as intent or a criminal mindset. Merely committing the act would make a person liable for the violation.