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34 Cards in this Set
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Ab initio |
From the beginning |
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A priori |
From the cause to the effect |
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Ad litem |
For the suit |
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Agent provocateur |
A person who entices another to break the law and then informs against him in relation to the offence |
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Audi alteram partem |
Hear the other side |
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Autrefais acquit |
Formerly acquit |
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Bona fide |
In good faith |
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Certiorari |
An order made squashing the decisions of a public body in judicial review proceedings |
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Compos mentis |
Of sound mind |
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De facto |
In fact |
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De novo |
Anew |
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Ex parte |
On behalf of |
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Force majeure |
An overpowering event that couldn't have been predicted; an act of god |
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Habeas corpus |
That you have the body |
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Intra vires |
Inside your powers |
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Inter alia |
Amongst other things |
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In absentia |
In the absence of |
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In camera |
The hearing of a case in private |
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Inter Vivos |
During life; between living persons |
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Laches |
Negligent or unreasonable delay in asserting or enforcing a right |
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Locus standi |
A place for standing |
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Mala fide |
In bad faith |
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Modus operandi |
The way of performing a task |
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Nemo judex in causa sua |
No one can be a judge in his own case |
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Nolle prosequi |
Unwilling to prosecute |
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Prima facie |
On the face of it |
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Prese |
By itself |
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Pro bono |
For the public good |
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Quantum |
Amount |
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Quia timet |
Because he fears |
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Quid pro quo |
Something for something |
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Quorum |
Of whom |
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Sine qua non |
Without which not |
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Ultra vires |
Outside your powers |
