Legal Language (English Translation of some Legal Terms)

Legal Language (English Translation of some Legal Terms)

1.    Ab Initio:  from the beginning

2.    Ad finem:  toward the end

3.    Ad hoc:  for this special purpose

4.    Ad infinitium:  to infinity

5.    Ad interim:  for the meantime

6.    Alibi: a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when ac act happened

7.   Amicus curiae: a friend of Law Court, a disinterested adviser, not a party to the case.

8.    Audi alterem partem:  hear the other side, no one can be unheard

9.            Bona fide: in good faith

10.   Causa sine qua non: an indispensable cause

11.   Cause célèbre: a peculiary notable trial

12.   Caveat actor: let the doer beware, let the buyer beware

13.   Caveat emptor: it’s the buyer’s look-out

14.   Censor morum: censor of morals

15.   Centum: a hundred

16.   Cesti que trust: a beneficiary under a trust

17.        De facto: in actual fact, really

18.        De jure: in law

19.        De novo: new

20.        Detenue: a prisoner

21.   Exeunt: leave the stage

22.   Exeunt omnes: all leave the stage

23.   Ex gratia: as an act of grace

24.        Faux pas: a false step, a mistake

25.   Ignoratia legis neminem excusat: ignorance of law excuses nobody

26.   In absentia: in absence

27.   In camera: in a judge’s private room, in secret

28.   In esse: in existence

29.   In forma pauperis: as a poor man

30.   Infra: below, lower down on the page or further on in the book

31.   Infra dig: below one’s dignity

32.   In presenti: at the present time

33.   In principio: in the beginning

34.   Inter alia: among other things

35.   Inter vires: between living persons

36.   In toto: entirely

37.   Ipso jure: by the law itself

38.          Jus: law

39.          Jus civile: civil law

40.   Lis pendense: pending suit

41.   Locus standi: the right bring an action

42.        Mens rea: guilty mind

43.        Magnum opus: a great work

44.        Mala fide: in bad faith, treacherously

45.        Memorabilia: things worth remembering

46.        Modus: mode, manner

47.        Modus operandi: mode of operations

48.   Nee: born, used in station a woman’s maiden name

49.   Nouveau riche: one who has but lately acquired wealth, an upstart

50.       O sancta simplicitas!: O holy simplicity!

51.   Pari passu: at an equal rate or pace

52.   Partim: in part

53.   Pendent lite: during the process of litigation

54.   Per: through, according to

55.   Per diem: per day

56.   Per mensem: per year

57.   Pesona grata: a person who is acceptable to those to whom he is sent

58.   Prima facie: on the first view, at first sight

59.   Pro tanto: to that extent

60.   Pro tempore:  for the time being

61.   Pro rata: in proportion

62.       Ratio decidendi: reasons for deciding

63.       Respondent superior:  let the master answer

64.   Sic: so, thus

65.   Sine die: without a day (appointed), of a meeting adjourned for an indefinite    period

66.   Sine qua non: an indispensible condition

67.   Status quo: the existing condition

68.   Sub judice: under consideration

69.   Sub poena: under a penalty

70.        Tour de force:  a feat of strength or skill

71.   Ultra vires: beyond one’s power, unconstitutional

72.   Ut supra: as above

73.        Vice versa: in order being reserved, terms exchanged

74.        Vis major: act of god

75.        Viva voce: by oral testimony

 (Source: Google & An English Literature Book named "Law And Literature" by Dr. Shakuntala Bharwani, Prof. of Government Law College, Chucrchgate)