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30 Cards in this Set
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Corpus delicti |
The body of an offense; the basic element of crime |
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Cui bono |
To whom for a good; to whose advantage, for whose benefit |
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Cum laude |
With praise, with honor |
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Credo |
I believe; a set of firm beliefs |
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Cum grano salis |
With a grain of salt; with little a disbelief, not too seriously |
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Curriculum vitae |
Lap of life; resume, summary of one's career |
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De minimis non curat lex |
The law does not care about the smallest things; the law is not concerned with trifles |
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De facto |
From the fact; in fact, in reality |
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De jure |
From law; by law |
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De gustibus non est disputandum |
Concerning tastes there is to be no dispute; there is no accounting for taste |
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De mortuis nil nisi bonum |
About the dead (say) nothing except good |
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De nova |
From the new; anew |
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Docendo discitur |
One learns by teaching |
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Deus ex machina |
God from the machine; any artifical or improbable device used to resolve the difficulties of a plot |
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Dramatis personae |
The masks of a drama; (the cast of) characters in a play |
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Deluce et decorum est pro patria mori |
It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country |
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Errare humanum est |
To err is human; everybody makes mistakes |
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Et alia |
And the others |
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Emeritus, emerita |
With merit; retired |
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E pluribus unum |
Out of more (ingredients) one (stew); out of many (backgrounds) one (nation) out of many (states) one (nation) |
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Ex libris |
From the books; from the library (of) |
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Ex nihilo nihil fit |
Nothing is made from nothing |
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Ex cathedra |
From (the bishop's) chair; with authority |
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Et tu, Brute? |
You also, Brutus? Even you, Brutus? |
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Et cetera |
And the rest |
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Ex post facto |
From what is done afterwards; retroactively, subsequently |
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Ex tempore |
Out of time, at the moment; on the spur of the moment |
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Ex officio |
From the office; by virtue of one's position |
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Exempli gratia |
For the sake of example; for example |
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Exeat |
Let him/her leave; a permission to leave |
