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.
Pro se is a Latin phrase meaning for oneself or on one's own behalf. This status is sometimes known as propria persona (abbreviated to pro per). In England and Wales the comparable status is that of litigant in person.