Actionable per se – The very act is punishable, and no proof of damage is required.
Actio personalis moritur cum persona – A personal right of action dies with the person.
Actori incumbit onus probandi – The burden of proof is on the plaintiff.
Actus me invito factus non est mens actus – An act done by me against my will is not my act.
Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea – An act does not make one guilty unless it is accompanied by a guilty mind.
Actus reus – Guilty act.
Actus Reus Non Facit Reum Nisi Mens Sit Rea – Conviction of a crime requires proof of a criminal act and intent.
Ad hoc – For the particular end or case at hand.
Alibi – At another place, elsewhere.
Amicus Curiae – A friend of court or member of the Bar who is appointed to assist the court.
Ante Litem Motam – Before suit brought; before controversy instituted, or spoken before a lawsuit is brought.
Assentio mentium – The meeting of minds, i.e. mutual assents.
Audi alteram partem – No man shall be condemned unheard.
Bona fide – In good faith.
Bona vacantia – Goods without an owner.
Caveat actor – Let the doer beware.
Caveat emptor – Let the buyer beware.
Caveat venditor -Let the seller beware.
Corpus – Body.
Corpus delicti – The facts and circumstances constituting a crime.
Damnum sine injuria – Damages without injuries.
De facto – In fact.
De jure – By law.
De minimis – About minimal things.
De Minimis Non Curat Lex – Law is not concerned with small or insignificant things/matters.
De novo – To make something anew.
Dictum – Statement of law made by the judge in the course of the decision but not necessary to the decision itself.
Donatio mortis causa – Gift because of death. Or a future gift given in expectation of the donor’s imminent death and only delivered upon the donor’s death.
Estoppel – Prevented from denying.
Ex gratia – As favor.
Ex officio – Because of an office held.
Ex parte – Proceedings in the absence of the other party.
Ex post facto – Out of the aftermath. Or after the fact.
Falsus in uno falsus in omnibus – It means false in one thing, false in everything.
Factum probandum – It means the facts that need to be proved.
Factum probans – A fact or statement of facts offered in evidence as proof of another fact.
Functus officio – No longer having power or jurisdiction.
Habeas corpus – A writ to have the body of a person to be brought in before the judge.
Ignorantia legis neminem excusat. - Ignorance of the law excuses no one from compliance therewith.
Injuria sine damnum – Injury without damage.
Ipso facto – By the mere fact.
In personam – A proceeding in which relief I sought against a specific person.
Innuendo – Spoken words that are defamatory because they have a double meaning.
In status quo – In the present state.
Inter alia – Among other things.
Inter vivos – Between living people (especially of a gift).
Jus cogens or ius cogens – Compelling law.
Jus in personam – Right against a specific person (or party).
Jus in rem – Right against the world at large.
Jus naturale – Natural law
Jus soli – Right of soil.
Jus sanguins – Right of blood or descent.
Lex Fori – The law of the country.
Lex prospicit non respicit (the law looks forward, not backward).
Locus standi – Right of a party to an action to appear and be heard by the court.
Mala fide – In bad faith.
Malum in se or Mala in se (plural) – Wrong or evil in itself.
Malum prohibitum – An act that is prohibited by law.
Mandamus – ‘We command’. A writ of command issued by a higher court to government and public authority to compel the performance of public duty.
Mens rea – Guilty mind.
Modus operandi – Way of working. Or mode of operation.
Modus Vivendi – Way of living.
Mutatis Mutandis – With the respective differences having been considered.
Nolle prosequi – A formal notice of abandonment by a plaintiff or prosecutor of all or part of a suit.
Novation – Transaction in which a new contract is agreed by all parties to replace an existing contract.
Nunc pro tunc – Now for then. A ruling nunc pro tunc applies retroactively to correct an earlier ruling.
Non Sequitur – A statement (such as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said.
Obiter dictum – Things said by the way. It is generally used in law to refer to an opinion or non-necessary remark made by a judge. It does not act as a precedent.
Onus probandi – Burden of proof.
Pacta Sunt Servanda – Agreements must be kept. Or Agreements are legally binding.
Pari passu – With an equal step.
Particeps criminis – A participator in the actual crime/partner in crime.
Per curiam (decision or opinion) – By the court. In other words, the decision is made by the court (or at least, a majority of the court) acting collectively.
Per se – By itself.
Persona non grata – A person who is unacceptable or unwelcome.
Prima facie – At first sight. Or on the face of it.
Alimony – A husband’s (or wife’s) provision for a spouse after separation or divorce.
Palimony – Money which a man pays to a woman with whom he has been living and from whom he is separated. Palimony has slightly different meanings in different jurisdictions.
Per curiam – By a court.
Quantum meruit – What one has earned. Or the amount he deserves.
Quid pro quo – Something for something.
Quo warranto – By what authority. A writ calling upon one to show under what authority he holds or claims a public office.
Ratio decidendi – Principle or reason underlying a court judgment. Or the rule of law on which a judicial decision is based.
Respondeat superior – The master-servant rule.
Res ipsa loquitor – The thing speaks for itself.
Res Judicata – A matter finally decided by a competent court on the basis of merits.
Salus populi est suprema lex or Suprema lex salus populi – The welfare of the people is the supreme law.
Status quo – State of things as they are now.
Sine die – With no day (indefinitely).
Sine qua non – An essential condition. A thing that is absolutely necessary.
Status quo – State of things as they are now.
Sine die – With no day (indefinitely).
Sine qua non – An essential condition. A thing that is absolutely necessary.
Ubi jus ibi remedium – Where there is a right, there is a remedy.
Vice versa – Reverse position.
Volenti nonfit injuria – Damage suffered by consent gives no cause of action.
In other words, If someone willingly places himself in a position where he knows that harm might result, then he is not able (allowed) to bring a claim against the other party in tort or delict (a violation of the law).
Vox populi – Voice of the people; Opinion of the majority of the people.
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