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42 Cards in this Set
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a posteriori
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based on inductive reasoning
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a priori
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based on deductive reasoning
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amicus curiae
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friend of the court
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beau geste
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noble gesture
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bete noire
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something particularly disliked
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bon mot
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witty remark or comment
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causus beli
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pretext for war
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caveat emptor
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let the buyer beware
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corpus delicti
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body of the crime; substantial fact necessary to prove the commission of a crime
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de jure
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by right; technically true
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deus ex machina
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contrived device to resolve a situation; literally, god from a machine
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dies irae
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day of wrath; Judgment Day
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ecce homo
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behold the man
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ex cathedra
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by virtue of one's office
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ex parte
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from a partisan point of view
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ex post facto
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after the fact; retroactively
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fait accompli
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an accomplished fact; a done deed
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hoi polloi
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the common people
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idee fixe
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obsession; literally, fixed idea
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in camera
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in private; secretly
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in extremis
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near death
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in loco parentis
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in the place of a parent
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in vino veritas
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in wine there is truth
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ipso facto
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by the fact itself; as an inevitable result
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memento mori
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a reminder that you must die
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modus operandi
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method of operating
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mot juste
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the appropriate word
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nolo contendere
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no contest
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nota bene
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note well
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persona non grata
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unwelcome person
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pro forma
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done as a mater of form; perfunctory
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quo vadis
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where are you going
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rara avis
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rare bird; an unusual specicin
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sangfroid
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literally, cold blood
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sic transit gloria mundi
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thus passes away the glory of the world
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sine qua non
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something indispensable; literally, without which not
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sui genera
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one of a kind
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tout le monde
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all the world; everyone of importance
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veni, vidi, vici
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I came, I saw, I conquered
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vox populi
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voice of the people
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weltanschauung
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a comprehensive apprehension of the world; literally, world view
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weltschmerz
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sorrow over the evils of the world; literally, world pain
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