Et Sequentia

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et ux

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and wife

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et vir

Back 2

and husband

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ex delicto

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(arising) from a tort

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ex gratia

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as a matter of favor

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ex officio

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from office, by virtue of his office

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ex parte

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one side only, by or for one party only

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ex post facto

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after the fact

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facto

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in fact, in or by the law

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felonice

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feloniously

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fiat

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let it be done, a short order that a thing be done

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fieri

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to be made up, to become

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fieri facias

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cause to be made (writ directing sheriff to reduce judgment debtor's property to money for the amount of the judgment)

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flagrante delicto

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in the very act of committing the crime

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forum non conveniens

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discretionary power of a court to decline jurisdiction over a case when the court believes it should be tried elsewhere for convenience of parties and witnesses

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gravis

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serious, of importance

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habeas corpus

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you have the body (writ directed to custodian of a person, commanding custodian to produce such person)

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habendum clause

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that part of deed when begins "to have and to hold"; defines extent of ownership

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honorarium

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honorary fee or gift; compensation from gratitude

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idem

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the same as above

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idem sonans

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having the same sound (as names sounding alike but spelled differently)

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in curia

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in court

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in esse

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in being, existence

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in forma pauperis

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permission given to a poor person to sue without liability for court costs.

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infra

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beneath; below

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in limine

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at the beginning; threshold

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in loco parentis

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in place of a parent, one charged with a parent's rights and obligations

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in pari delicto

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in equal fault

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in personam

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at once, now

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in re

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in the matter

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in rem

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proceedings against a thing (a bank account or real estate) distinguished from those against a person

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in specie

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in the same or similar form

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instanter

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immediately

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inter alia, inter alios

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among other things, between other persons

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inter se

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among themselves

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inter vivos

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between the living, from one person to another

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in toto

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in the whole, completely

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in transitu

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in transit

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intra

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within, inside

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ipse dixit

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he himself said (it), as an assertion made but not proved

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ipso facto

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by the fact itself

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ita est

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so it is

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jura personarum

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right of a person, rights of persons

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jura rerum

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rights of things

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jure divino

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by divine right

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jure uxoris

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in his wife's right