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.
Latin for by itself, meaning inherently. Thus, a published writing which falsely accuses another of having a venereal disease or being a convicted felon is libel per se, without further explanation of the meaning of the statement.