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Legal latinisms

August 19, 2009 (updated August 26, 2009)
By Tyrus (Brooklyn, NY)
A (by no means exhaustive) list. Surprising how some of these have crept into common usage.
a fortiori
a posteriori
a priori
ab initio
actus reus
ad hoc
ad hominem
ad infinitum
ad libitum
ad valorem
adjournment
affidavit
agency
alibi
alter ego
amicus curiae
ante
antebellum
anteriorly
aper
austerity
axenic
bona fide
bona fide
capital
casus belli
caveat
caveat emptor
certiorari
ceteris paribus
codefendant
cognomen
compos mentis
conflate
Contra
corpus
corpus delicti
ctenidium
de facto
de jure
de novo
defalcation
dictum
diminish
en masse
enplane
ergo
erratum
escadrille
et al.

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Saturday September 5th 2009, 11:37 PM
Comment by: Lynne S. (Ripon, WI)
Wow. First thing we do, kiss all the lawyers!

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