List of Latin legal terms
A number of Latin terms are used in legal terminology and legal maxims. This is a partial list of these terms, which are wholly or substantially drawn from Latin, or anglicized Law Latin. Common law

Civil law 

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| accessio 
|something added
|Accession, i.e. mode of acquisition by creation in which labor and other goods are added to property in such a manner that the identity of the original property is not lost (vs. commixtio, specificatio) 
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| accidentalia negotii
|business incidentals
|Express contractual terms that are purely voluntary, optional, and not necessitated by the contract's subject matter. Also called incidentalia (Roman-Dutch law). One of three types of contractual terms, the others being essentialia negotii and naturalia negotii. |
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| actus iuridicus
|legal act
|1. In French-law-based systems, refers only to those sources of subjective law that are human-made and voluntary (vs. factum iuridicum); 2. In German-law-based systems, encompasses all sources of subjective law, be they human-made or not, voluntary or not. See also negotium iuridicum. |
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| ad quantitatem
|by the quantity
|itemized, e.g. sale ad quantitatem = item sale (e.g. 100 carp, 10,000 lbs. of sugar, 10 casks of corn) (vs. per aversionem)
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| aditio hereditatis
|hereditary approach
|Entering into the inheritance, i.e. vesting of the inheritance in an heir or will beneficiary. See delatio hereditatis. |
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| aliquid novi
|something new
|The new element or aspect of a novation (vs. idem debitum). Also known as novum. |
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| casum sentit dominus
|accident is felt by the owner
|The owner who has to assume the risk of accidental harm to him or accidental loss to his property. |
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| casus fortuitus
|fortuitous event
| Force majeure arising from a human-made inevitable accident (e.g. riots, strikes, civil war); ex: When H.M.S. Bounty was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy, October 29, 2012, casus fortuitus would describe the H.M.S. Bounty being at the wrong place when Hurricane Sandy came up the coast.HMS Bounty Sinks Compare vis maior (see below). |
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| cautio de restituendo 
|guarantee to reinstate
|Security or guarantee that heirs must provide in a case where an absent person's estate is divided among them (insurance law)
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| cessio
|yielding
|Assignment, that is, the transfer of rights or benefits. Parties:
cedens 'cedent' (= assignor)
cessionarius 'cessionary, cessionee' (= assignee)
debitor cessus 'third-party obligor'

Types:
cessio in anticipando - assignment of future right or benefit
cessio in securitatem debiti - assignment of a principal debt (right of action) as security for the due performance of another debt (the secured debt)

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| collatio bonorum
|bringing together of goods
|Hotchpot. Also called collatio inter liberos (Scots law). |
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| commixtio
|commingling
|Confusion, i.e. acquisition by creation in which fungible solid or liquid goods (and no labor) of different owners intermingle in such a way that the mixture creates a new thing and can no longer be separately identified, it is owned by the owners in co-ownership (vs. accessio, specificatio)
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| commodatum
|accommodation
|Loan for use, i.e. bailment of movable property that is not perishable or consumable to be returned without payment. Parties:
commodans 'bailor'
commodatarius 'bailee'
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| communio bonorum
|community of goods
|The aggregate of marital property (or marital estate) under a community property matrimonial regime. |
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| compensatio
|balancing of accounts
|Set-off. Type: compensatio lucri cum damno - set-off of profit and loss
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| compensatio morae
|balance of delay
|Delay in payment or performance on the part of both the debtor and the creditor. |
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| confusio
|melting together
|Merger of counterparty rights in the same person (e.g. debtor-creditor, buyer-seller, landlord-tenant, etc. ), thereby extinguishing an obligation or right. Adverb: confusione. |
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| conjunctissimus
|the most joined
|Next-of-kin. Plural conjunctissimi. |
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| contra bonos mores
|against good morals
|Contracts so made are generally illegal and unenforceable. |
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| culpa
|guilt
|Unintentional negligence (in tort). Degrees:
culpa lata - gross negligence
culpa levis - ordinary negligence
culpa levissima - slight negligence
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| cum beneficio inventarii
|under benefit of inventory
|As in an heir cum beneficio inventarii, who accepts his/her share in a deceased's estate after having had an appraisal and estate inventory drawn up, thereby separating their share from the whole and limiting their liability. |
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| cum onere
|with burdens
|(Louisiana law) as encumbered, i.e. alienated with the encumbrances running with the land. |
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| cura
|guardianship
|Curatorship, i.e. legal guardianship under which the ward is totally and permanently incapable. Compare tutela. Parties are:
curandus - ward
curator - guardian (see below)
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| curator
|guardian
|Guardian under a curatorship (cura). Types are:
curator ad litem - guardian ad litem
curator bonis - guardian of the property
curator personae - guardian of the person
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| damnum emergens
|emergent loss
|Loss actually incurred because of a contractual breach
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| damnum et interesse
|damage and interests
|Tortious damages, damages in tort
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| data certa
|certain date
|Fixed effective date of a contract, i.e. one that cannot be ante- or post-dated
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| datio in solutum
|giving in payment
|Species of accord and satisfaction by transfer or assignment of property in lieu of money; kind of in-kind payment, as opposed to a money payment
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| de cujus
|(s)he for whom...
|The deceased, decedent. Short for de cujus successione agitur. |
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| delatio hereditatis
|hereditary transferral
|Falling open of succession. See aditio hereditatis. | 
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| domicilium citandi et executandi
|domicile for summoning and carrying out
|Address for service or notices (e.g. for contractual purposes). |
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| dominium plurium in solidum
|plural, joint and several ownership
|Joint tenancy. |
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| dominium pro parte pro indiviso
|unpartitioned and undivided ownership
|Tenancy in common. Also known as communio pro partibus indivisis. |
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| dominus litis
|master of the case
|Litigant, the client in a lawsuit, as opposed to the lawyer. |
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| error in iudicando
|error in judgment (in court)
|Error of fact and reasoning (vs. error in procedendo)
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| error in procedendo
|procedural error (in court)
|Error on a point of law or procedure (vs. error in iudicando)
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| essentalia negotii
|business essentials
|Express or implied contractual terms that are required either by law or by the contract's subject matter. One of three types of contractual terms, the others being accidentialia negotii and naturalia negotii. |
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| ex intervalo temporis
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|Not all at once, in parts (vs. uno contextu). |
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| ex propriis sensibus
|with one's own senses
|Used for firsthand testimony, e.g. testimony ex propriis sensibus (vs. per relationem). |
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| factum iuridicum
|legal fact
|In French-law-based systems, refers to those sources of subjective law that are either not human-made or human-made but involuntary (vs. actus iuridicus). |
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| falsus procurator
|fake agent
|Agent de son tort, officious agent
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| fideicommissum
|entrusting to (a person's) good faith. |Testamentary trust; a form of substitution (called 'fideicommissary substitution') in which a will beneficiary is instructed in the will to transfer the testamentary gift in whole or part to a third party. A fideicommissum is created either expressly in a will or impliedly through a si sine liberis decesserit clause or through a prohibition against alienation in the will. Parties: 
fideicommittens 'grantor' (= testator)
fiduciarius 'fiduciary' (= trustee)
fideicommissarius 'fideicommissary' (= beneficiary)

Types:
fideicommissum simplex - one 'gift-over' to single beneficiary
fideicommissum multiplex - multiple gift-overs to a succession of beneficiaries
fideicommissum residui - fiduciary can alienate 3/4 of assets

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| fideiussio
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|Suretyship. |
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| fructus industriales
|industrial fruits
|Emblements; in property law, a co-owner profiting from her or his fructus industriales is solely responsible for any losses that my occur. (vs. fructus naturales, see below). |
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| fructus naturales
|natural fruits
|Vegetation naturally growing from old roots (as pasturage) or from trees (as timber or fruit) (vs. fructus industriales, see above). |
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| hereditas iacens
|lying inheritance
|Estate of inheritance before vesting in heirs
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| heres
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|Heir. Plural heredes. Types:
heredes proximi - closest heirs
sui heredes necessarii - forced heirs (singular suus heres necessarius)
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| hypotheca
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|Mortgage
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| idem debitum
|same debt
|The element or aspect of the novation that does not change (vs. aliquid novi)
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| in casu
|in the case
|In the instant case; used when referring to the matter before the court in a case being discussed
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| in solidum
|for the whole
|Jointly and severally; short for singuli et in solidum. Where a group of persons share liability for a debt, such as co-signers to a loan, the debtor can sue a single party in solidum, that is jointly and severally, to recover the entire amount owed. |
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| inaedificatio
|building
|Attachment of movables to land, accession by building
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| inaudita altera parte
|without hearing the other party
|Equivalent of common law ex parte, especially in the context of submitting a motion, brief, or obtaining relief as fast as possible
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| incapax
|incapable
|(Scots law) person not having capacity (mental, legal, or otherwise). |[ɪnˈkapaks]
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|indignus (heres)
|unworthy heir
|Unworthy beneficiary or heir, who is precluded from inheriting because his conduct makes him unworthy, in a legal sense, to take in the deceased's estate. |
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| infans 
|infant
|(Roman-Dutch law) child of 7 years or younger and who therefore has very limited legal capacity. Plural infantes. |[ˈinˌfanz]
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| invecta et illata
|brought in and carried out
|Tenant's things brought into the leased premises for his/her temporary use
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| iudex ad quem
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|Appellate court or court of last resort (vs. iudex a quo)
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| iudex a quo
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|Lower court from which an appeal originates; originating court (vs. iudex ad quem)
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| iura novit curia
|the court knows the law
|The principle that the parties to a legal dispute do not need to plead or prove the law that applies to their case. |
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| ius accrescendi
|right of accrual
|(Civil law) Accretion, i.e. right of a will beneficiary to succeed proportionately to a testamentary gift that another beneficiary in the same will cannot or does not want to take. |
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| ius commune
|common law
|Not actually referring to common law; this term refers to common doctrine and principles of civil law that underlie all aspects of civilian legal systems and that formed the basis of medieval Roman law. |
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| ius persequendi
|right of following
|Right of pursuit, i.e. the creditor's right to pursue a debt that runs with the land into the hands of a bona fide purchaser
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| ius praeferendi
|right of preferring
|Priority right or preferential right, i.e. a creditor's right to rank higher relative to another
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| ius quaesitum tertio
|right to third-party relief
|Right of a third-party beneficiary to sue in order to enforce a third-party contract, i.e. the opposite of privity of contract. |
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| ius retentionis
|right of retaining
|Lien (possessory)
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| ius variandi
|right of varying
|Free choice of court actions where concurrent actions lie, e.g. tort and criminal, or tort and breach of contract. |
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| laesio enormis
|unusual injury
|Lesion, i.e. excessive loss or injury used as grounds for setting aside a contract. Lesion beyond moiety (laesio ultra dimidium) is the standard in French-law-based systems; sold for less than half its value or purchased for more than double. |
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| lex commissoria
|cancelling law
|Forfeiture clause for nonperformance of a contract, especially (1) a provision that a pledge shall be forfeited if a loan is defaulted, or (2) a condition that money paid on a contract of sale shall be forfeited and the sale rescinded if outstanding payments are defaulted. Also known as a pactum commissorium. |
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| liberandi causa
|liberating cause
|As in 'prescription liberandi causa''', i.e. liberative prescription (aka extinctive prescription), which is the civilian equivalent of a statutory limitation period. |
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| locatio conductio|leasing (and) hiring
|Hire or rental. Types:locatio conductio operarum - employment, indentured servitude, and master/slave relationshiplocatio conductio operis - hire of service provider or independent contractorlocatio conductio rei - rental or letting of property
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| lucrum cessans|ceasing profit
|Prospective damages or loss of profits that would, because of the contractual breach, have been made in the future
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| mandatum|mandate
|Bilateral agreement for direct representation between a principal and agent. Compare procuratio. Parties:mandatarius 'agent'mandator 'principal'
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| monstrum|monster
|Child born with severe deformities. Plural monstra. |
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| mora accipiendi|delay of the one receiving
|Delay in payment or performance in the part of the creditor or obligor. Also known as mora creditoris. |
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| mora solvendi|delay of the one paying
|Delay in payment or performance in the part of the debtor or the obligee. Also known as mora debitoris. 2 forms: mora solvendi ex re - delay in giving or delivering a thing; mora solvendi ex personae - delay in obligations to do or perform personal service. |
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| naturalia negotii|business naturals
|Express or implied contractual terms that go to the root of a contract's subject matter. One of three types of contractual terms, the others being accidentialia negotii and essentalia negotii. |
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|nec vi, nec clam, nec precario|Without force, without secrecy, without permission
|Peacefully, openly, and with the intention to acquire ownership; applies to acquisitive prescription
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| negotiorum gestio|management of affairs
|Quasi-contractual obligation arising from benevolent or necessitous intermeddling, obliging the benefited party (dominus negotii) to reimburse the intermeddler (gestor) for the cost that was used in doing good works. |
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| negotium iuridicum|legal business
|1. In French-law-based systems, refers to the legal operation, activity, or fact embodied or memorialized by a legal instrument (as opposed to the instrument itself, known as an instrumentum); 2. In German-law-based systems, refers to a transactional act, the main sub-type of legal acts. See also actus iuridicus. |
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| non bis in idem|not twice in the same
|Prohibition against double jeopardy. A legal action cannot be brought twice for the same act or offense. |[nɔnbisinidɛm]
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| novum iudicium 
|new judgment
|Appeal by way of hearing de novo, i.e. the case is retried with no restrictions of scope: errors of law are reviewed and new findings of fact are made. (vs. revisio prioris instantiae)
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| nudum praeceptum|naked precept
|If a testator places a prohibition on a testamentary gift but fails to say what should happen to the gift if the prohibition is contravened, the prohibition is said to be 'nude', i.e. a nudum praeceptum. In other words, the prohibition is of no effect, and the beneficiary will take the gift free from any restrictions. |
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| pactum de contrahendo|agreement to contract
|Prior contract aimed at concluding another contract, known as the parent or principal contract. Includes binders (in real estate sales), such as a purchase offer or an option to sell. |
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| pactum de non cedendo|agreement to not yield
|Anti-assignment clause
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| pactum de non petendo (in anticipando)|agreement to not sue
|Agreement in which one party agrees not to sue the other. |
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| pactum de retrovendendo|agreement to sell back
|Contract of sale with right of repurchase
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| pactum reservati dominii|agreement of reserved owners
|Reservation of title
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| pactum successorium|inheritance agreement
|Bilateral contract concerning succession, usually made between a potential testator (future decedent) and his/her heir. Plural pacta successoria. The most common forms are: pactum renunciativum (aka pactum de non succedendo) - disclaimer of interestpactum acquisitivum (aka pactum conservandae successionis) - deed of variationpactum de hereditate tertii viventis - family settlement agreement. |
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| pars dominii|ownership part
|The three major rights in the bundle of rights making up ownership, i.e. usus (aka ius utendi), fructus (aka ius fruendi), and abusus (aka ius abutendi). |
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| paterfamilias|father of the family
|The head of household, for purposes of considering the rights and responsibilities thereof. (Civil law) bonus paterfamilias: a standard of care equivalent to the common law ordinary reasonable man. Other degrees of care are: diligens paterfamilias - higher standard of care, greater diligence; diligentissimus paterfamilias - highest standard of care, utmost diligence. |
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| penitus extraneus 
|outside penitent
|Incidental beneficiary or any outside party to a third-party contract (see stipulatio alteri). Plural penitus extranei. |
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| per aversionem|by turning away
|(1) description, whereby the surrounding property is used to provide the legal description of the boundaries of the property; (2) sale per aversionem = bulk sale (a flock of sheep for $100 - the number of sheep are uncounted) (vs. ad quantitatum)
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| per relationem|by relation
|Hearsay; used for secondhand, indirect evidence, e.g. testimony per relationem 'hearsay testimony' (vs. ex propriis sensibus). Also called de auditu. |
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| pignus|pledge
|Pledge, i.e. a possessory security interest
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| pleno iure|by full right
|Self-executing, without need of a court order or judicial proceedings; with full right or authority. Ex: null pleno iure. |
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| plus quam tolerabile|more than tolerable
|Excessive, beyond tolerable; in reference to a nuisance or some other violation of neighbor law. |
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| praedium|estate
|Landed property, tenement of land, especially with respect to an easement (servitude). 2 types:praedium dominans - dominant estate (aka dominant tenement)praedium serviens - servient estate (aka servient tenement)
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| praeemptio|previous purchase
|Right of first refusal
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| praesumptio|presumption
|Legal presumption. Types:praesumptio iuris tantum - rebuttable presumptionpraesumptio iuris et de iure - irrebuttable or conclusive presumption
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| praesumptio innocentiae|
|Presumption of innocence
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| praesumptio veritatis et solemnitatis|presumption of truth and solemnity
|Presumption of regularity, which attaches to public instruments admissible to prove the truth of their contents. |
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| pretium pro doloribus|price for pain
|Solatium. |
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| prior tempore potior iure| earlier in time, stronger in law
| (Scots law, civil law), usually translated as "prior in time, superior in right", the principle that someone who registers (a security interest) earlier therefore ranks higher than other creditors. |
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| probatio|
|Evidence (admissible in a court of law), especially documentary evidence. Types:
 adminiculum (probationis) 'adminicular evidence' - evidence adduced in aid or support of other evidence, which without it is imperfect
 semiplena probatio, probatio semiplena 'half proof, imperfect proof' - executed in presence of 1 or no witnesses; includes private instruments 
 plena probatio, probatio plena 'full proof, perfect proof' - executed in presence of 2 witnesses; includes public instruments
 probatio probatissima - the highest evidence, referring to testimony under oath (received into common law but not civil law)
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| procuratio|management
|Power of attorney, i.e. a unilateral grant of indirect representation by a principal to an attorney-in-fact. Compare mandatum. |
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| procurator|
|Agent, attorney-in-fact. Types:procurator ad causas - attorney employed to assist a litigant in the conduct of his lawsuitprocurator ad negotia - attorney assisting his client in transacting other businessprocurator in rem suam - holder of an irrevocable power of attorney
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| quaestus liberales| 
|Liberal profession
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| restitutio in integrum|total reinstatement
|(1) Restoration of something, such as a building or damaged property, to its original condition. (2) In contract law, when considering breach of contract and remedies, to restore a party to an original position. |
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| revisio prioris instantiae|review of the court below
|Appeal by way of re-hearing or pure appeal (aka appeal stricto sensu); the scope is limited to errors of law and no new factual findings are possible; the case is traditionally remitted to the originating court below for re-judgment. (vs. novum iudicium)
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| salva rei substantia|the thing's substance intact
|Limitation on how a fiduciary can use the fideicommissary assets; ultimately they must maintain their essential quality until transferred to the fideicommissary. Plural salva rerum substantia. See fideicommissum. |
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| servitus|servitude, subjugation
|Servitude, i.e. an easement. Plural servitutes. Types:servitus personarum 'personal servitude' (= easement in gross)servitus praediorum 'praedial servitude' (= easement appertunant)

Sub-types:servitus itineris - ingress/egress easementservitus ne luminibus officiatur - right to light (aka solar easement)servitus non altius tollendi - restricts building beyond a certain heightservitus oneris ferendi - duty to keep an adjoining wall in good repairservitus tigni immittendi - right of inserting beams in a neighbor's wallsservitus viae - right-of-way

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| si sine liberis decesserit|if (he) should depart without children
|Certain type of clause in a will creating a fideicommissum by imposing a condition on the will beneficiary that if (s)he dies childless, the testamentary gift will transfer to a third party. Ex: If A dies childless after my death, the farm must go to B. See fideicommissum. |
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| solarium|area exposed to sunlight
|Ground rent for a surface right or estate (superficies). |
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| solutio indebiti|performance of something not due
|Undue performance or payment, obliging the enrichee (accipiens) to return the undue payment or compensate the impoverishee (solvens) for the undue performance
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| specificatio|
|Specification, i.e. mode of acquisition by creation wherein something new is made by adding labor (manufacturing) to property, and the non-reducible parts used for its fabrication lose their identity (vs. accessio, commixtio). The new thing is called nova species. |
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| spei emptio, emptio spei|sale of hope
|Sale of a chance, hope, or expectancy
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| spes futurae actionis|hope of future action
|Future or contingent right of action
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| spes successionis|hope of succession
|Expectancy (of heirship)
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| spoliatio|plundering
|Spoliation, i.e. act of unlawful dispossession of corporeal property. Parties:
 spoliatus - aggrieved party
 spoliator - dispossessor
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| stante matrimonio|
|During the marriage
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| stipulatio alteri|another's (contractual) provision
|Third-party contract. Also known as pactum in favorem tertii (German-law-based systems). The parties are:
 promittens 'promisor'
 stipulans 'promisee'
 alteri (aka tertius) 'third-party beneficiary'
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| superficies|surface
|Surface right, surface estate. Parties:dominus soli 'subsurface owner, mineral owner'superficiarius 'surface owner'
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| tantum et tale|thus and such
|(Scots law) "as is", to disclaim implied warranties, as in to purchase or convey something tantum et tale.|
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| transactio|transaction
|Out-of-court settlement
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| tutela|guardianship
|Tutorship, i.e. legal guardianship under which the ward is only partially or temporarily incapable. Compare cura. Parties arepupillus - wardtutor - guardian
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|Unus testis, nullus testis|one witness, no witness
|The uncorroborated testimony of one witness should be discounted because it is deemed to be too unreliable to establish a fact
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| uno contextu|single joining together
|Contemporaneously; when the phases of something are done without interruption or any intervening action; specifically, executed in one single execution ceremony (vs. ex intervalo temporis)
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| usucapio|seizure of use
|Acquisitive prescription, i.e. the civilian equivalent of adverse possession. Also called 'prescription acquirendi causa. |
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| usufructus
|use-fruit
|Civilian equivalent of a life estate. Parties:
nudus dominus 'bare owner' (= remainderman, reversioner)
usufructuarius 'usufructuary' (= life tenant)
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| via executoria
|executorial way 
|Non-judicial foreclosure under a power of sale clause in a mortgage; more broadly, any non-judicial remedy empowered under a contractual clause or some other instrument
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| via iure
|way of law
|Using the courts and the justice system (opposite of self-help)
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| vinculum iuris
|the chain of the law
|A legal bond, especially the bond tying obligor and obligee in a legal obligation
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| vis maior
|superior force
|Force majeure' arising from an act of God, i.e. events over which no humans have control, and so cannot be held responsible. Compare casus fortuitus (see above). |
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| vitium in contrahendo|vice in contracting
|Vitiating factor in the formation of a contract, e.g. mistake (error), misrepresentation (dolus), and duress (metus). |
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| voluntatis declaratio|
|Declaration of will, manifestation of intent(ion)
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 Ecclesiastical law 

See also
 Brocard (law)
 Byzantine law
 Code of Hammurabi
 Corpus Juris Canonici
 International Roman Law Moot Court
 Law French
 List of Latin abbreviations
 List of Latin phrases (full)
 List of fallacies
 List of Philippine legal terms
 List of Roman laws
 Twelve Tables

Notes

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