Tag: Latin
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Causa Causans
Definition of Causa CausansIn accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Causa Causans : (Latin) The effective cause. See causation.
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Fieri Feci
Definition of Fieri FeciIn accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Fieri Feci : (Latin: I have caused to be done) The report of the *sheriff or other appropriate officer saying how much he has recovered by levying execution under a writ of *fieri facias.
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Ex Gratia
Definition of Ex GratiaIn accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Ex Gratia : (Latin) Done as a matter of favour. An ex gratia payment is one not required to be made by a legal duty.
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Duplex Querela
Definition of Duplex QuerelaIn accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Duplex Querela : (Latin: double complaint) The procedure in ecclesiastical law for challenging a bishop's refusal to admit a presentee to a benefice.
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Delegatus Non Potest Delegare
Definition of Delegatus Non Potest DelegareIn accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Delegatus Non Potest Delegare : (Latin) A person to whom something has been delegated cannot delegate further, i.e. one to whom powers and duties have been entrusted cannot […]
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Ad Colligenda Bona
Definition of Ad Colligenda BonaIn accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Ad Colligenda Bona : (Latin) To collect the goods. The court may grant *letters of administration ad colligenda bona to any person to deal with specified property in an estate when that […]
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Duces Tecum
Definition of Duces TecumIn accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Duces Tecum : (Latin: you shall bring with you) See witness summons.
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De Minimis Non Curat Lex
Definition of De Minimis Non Curat LexIn accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of De Minimis Non Curat Lex : (Latin) The law does not take account of trifles. It will not, for example, award damages for a trifling nuisance. The de minimis rule applies in a number […]
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Bona Vacantia
Definition of Bona VacantiaIn accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Bona Vacantia : (Latin: empty goods) Property not disposed of by a deceased's will and to which there is no relation entitled on intestacy. Under the Administration of Estates Act 1925, such […]
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Casus Omissus
Definition of Casus OmissusIn accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Casus Omissus : (Latin: an omitted case) A case inadvertently not provided for in a defective statute.
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De Lege Lata
Definition of De Lege LataIn accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of De Lege Lata : (Latin: of (or concerning) the law that is in force) A phrase used to indicate that a proposition relates to the law as it is.
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Ex Turpi Causa Non Oritur Actio
Definition of Ex Turpi Causa Non Oritur ActioIn accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Ex Turpi Causa Non Oritur Actio : (Latin: no action can be based on a disreputable cause) The principle that the courts may refuse to enforce a claim arising out of the […]
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Alieni Juris
Definition of Alieni JurisIn accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Alieni Juris : (Latin: of another's right) Describing the status of a person who is not of full age and capacity. Compare sui juris.
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Annus Et Dies
Definition of Annus Et DiesIn accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Annus Et Dies : (Latin) A year and a day. At common law, the Crown was entitled to take possession of the lands of a person convicted of felony and to exploit them without reserve for a…
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Ex Debito Justitiae
Definition of Ex Debito JustitiaeIn accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Ex Debito Justitiae : (Latin) As a matter of right. The phrase is applied to remedies that the court is bound to give when they are claimed, as distinct from those that it has discretion […]