jura rerum
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- jura rerum
- rights of things
- jure divino
- by divine right
- jure uxoris
- in his wife's right
- jus
- law; right; laws collectively
- jus ad rem
- a right to a thing
- jus commune
- the common law, the common right
- jus gentium
- the law of nations; international law
- just habendi
- the right to have a thing
- jus tertii
- the right of a third party; the rights of another person
- levari facias
- cause to be levied, a writ of execution
- lex
- law
- lex loci
- law of the place where the cause of action arose
- lis pendens
- litigation pending; as in a lis pendens filed with real estate records to notify the world that the real estate is involved in litigation
- locus delicti
- the place of the crime or of the tort
- locus sigilli
- the place for the seal
- mala
- bad
- mala fides
- bad faith
- mala in se
- wrong in itself, an act which is morally wrong
- mala praxis
- malpractice
- mala prohibita
- acts declared as criminal by statute (failure to file a report), though not wrong in themselves (theft)
- malo animo
- with evil intent
- mandamus
- we command, a writ used to compel an official to perform an act which she is required to perform
- manu forti
- with a strong hand, forcible entry
- mens rea
- guilty mind, most crimes require the element of intent
- nihil dicit
- he says nothing, as in a default judgment against a defendant who does not raise a defense in the action
- nil
- nothing; of no account
- nil debet
- he owes nothing
- nisi prius
- unless before (used to distinguish the court where trial was held from the appellate court)
- nolle prosequi
- unwilling to prosecute (a crime), prosecutor's discretion not to file charges in a particular case
- nolo contendere
- I will not contest it
- non
- not
- non assumpsit
- plea in defense; that he did not promise
- non compos mentis
- not of sound mind
- non est factum
- it is not his deed
- non obstante
- notwithstanding
- non sequitur
- it does not follow
- nota bene
- note well; take notice
- nudum pactum
- nude pact, bare agreement which lacts the consideration to form a valid contract
- nul tort
- no wrong done
- nulla bona
- no goods (wording used on the return of a writ fieri facias)
- nunc pro tunc
- now for then, as in an order to correct clerical error in a previous order
- obiter dictum
- remark which is not central to the main issue
- onus probandi
- the burden of proof
- opus
- work, labor
- ore tenus
- by word of mouth, orally.