Foreign Words And Phrases

Foreign Words and Phrases BALLB II & LLB VI

1) Argumenti causa a) Perfect silence b) For the sake of argument

1) Argumenti causa a) Perfect silence – Altum silentium b) For the sake of argument

2) Auxilium ab alto a) Help from above b) At a great expense

2) Auxilium ab alto a) Help from above b) At a great expense – A’ grands frais (Fr.)

3) Carpe diem a) Necessary or indispensible condition b) Seize the day/ enjoy the present day

3) Carpe diem a) Necessary or indispensible condition – Conditio sine qua non b) Seize the day/ enjoy the present day

4) Copia verborum a) Plenty of words b) Error before us

4) Copia verborum a) Plenty of words b) Error before us – Corum nobis (A legal order allowing a court to correct its original judgment upon discovery of a fundamental error that did not appear in the records of the original judgment's proceedings and would have prevented the judgment from being pronounced. The term "coram nobis" is Latin for "before us" and the meaning of its full form, quae coram nobis resident, is "which [things] remain in our presence". The writ of coram nobis originated in the English court of common law in the English legal system during the sixteenth century.)

5) De facto a) really, infact, actual b) Unrelated to

5) De facto a) really, infact, actual b) Unrelated to – De hors

6) Ex parte a) Retrospective b) On one side only

6) Ex parte a) Retrospective – Ex post facto b) On one side only

7) Falsi crimen a) From a crime b) Crime of falsity or forgery

7) Falsi crimen a) From a crime – Ex delicto b) Crime of falsity or forgery

8) Lapsus linguae a) A slip of the pen b) A slip of the tongue c) A slip of the memory

8) Lapsus linguae a) A slip of the pen – Lapsus calami b) A slip of the tongue c) A slip of the memory – Lapsus memoriae

9) Pro bono publico a) Things of state dedicated to use of citizens b) A thing which has no owner c) For the public good

9) Pro bono publico a) Things of state dedicated to use of citizens – Res publica b) A thing which has no owner – Res nullius (Examples of res nullius in the socioeconomic sphere are wild animals or abandoned property.) c) For the public good

10) Zoon politikon (Ger.) a) Beyond one’s power b) A political being (said of man)

10) Zoon politikon (Ger.) (a term used and popularised by Aristotle) a) Beyond one’s power – Ultra vires (An act which requires legal authority but is done without it, is characterised in law as ultra vires. Its opposite, an act done under proper authority, is intra vires.) b) A political being (said of man)