Latin TOD
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- ignorantia legis neminem excusat
- ignorance of the law excuses no one
- in absentia
- in abscence
- in extremis
- among the last things; in extreme circumstances
- in flagrante delicto
- caught red-handed or in the burning crime of
- in hoc signo vinces
- in this sign you shall conquer; seen by Constantine
- in loco parentis
- in place of a parent; ie teacher
- in media res
- in the midst of things
- in memoriam
- in memory of
- in re
- on the matter of
- in situ
- in the original place; archealogical dig in situ
- in toto
- in all; all together; entirely
- in utero
- in the belly; refer to baby; baby have complications in utero
- in vacuo
- in a vacuum
- in vino veritas
- college slogan: there is truth in wine
- in vitro
- in glass; type of fertiliztion technique
- ipso facto
- by the fact itself; by the deed itself
- lapsus calami
- slip up of the pen; typo
- lapsus pennae
- slip up of the pen; typo
- lapsus linguae
- freudian slip; slip of the tongue; say what you are thinking about without meaning to say it
- libra (lb)
- weight; pound in english
- locum tenens
- a holding place; a temporary employee; a substitute
- magna cum laude
- with great praise
- magnum oppus
- great work; masterpiece
- mandamus
- we entrust; legal documents
- mea culpa
- I am sorry; my fault
- memento mori
- be mindful of death; remember death
- mens sana in corpore sano
- sound mind in a sound body
- mirabile dicto
- amazing to say; Vergil used it to describe strange phenomena
- modus operandi
- the way of operating; mode of operating; repeated habit when commit crime
- morituri te salutamus
- we who are about to die salute you
- ne plus ultra
- no more beyond the pinnacle of the top
- nemo est supra leges
- no one is above the law
- nihil per os
- nothing by mouth; no medicine by mouth [tonsils out, broken jaw]
- nol desperandum
- mothing must be dispared of
- nolo contendere
- I do not want to contend; no contest; worse than a guilty plea
- non compos mentis
- insanity; not sound of the mind
- non sequitur
- bunch of things that don't make sense
- nota bene
- good note; note well
- novus ordo seclorum
- on the dollar; New order of the ages
- o tempora! o mores!
- Oh the times! Oh the traditions!
- onus probandi
- burden of proving something; prosecuter has to prove beyond reasonable doubt
- opus citatum/ opere citato (op. cit.)
- in footnotes and if use same one, write op. cit.
- panem et circenses (seneca)
- criticising the practices of the day; provide bread and entertainment to the poor
- pater familias
- head of the family; absolute control; grandfather; over all immediate family, grandkids, kids, and slaves
- pax vobiscum
- peace be with you; to say in church
- peccabi
- i sinned; crime
- peccavisti
- you sinned or crime
- per annum
- through the year; per year (annually)
- per capita
- through the head; by the heads (almost like demographics)
- per centum
- percent; by the 100s
- per diem
- by day (daily)
- per se
- in iteself; directly
- persona non grata
- unpleasing person; person of ill repute
- placebo
- impact on one because they believe it should [placebo effect]
- pons asinorum
- bridge of asses; in isoscles triange; angle a = angle b and angle c = angle d
- post hoc ergo proter hoc
- after this; therefore on account of this
- post murdem
- after death
- post scriptem
- ps (after the letter)
- prima faciae
- at first appearance; obvious on the face
- pro bono publico
- for the public good; charity work; volunteer
- pro se
- for itself; on one's behalf; in one's own defense; sometimes a judge will allow someone without a lawyer
- pro tempore (pro temp)
- for the time being; president pro temp
- quis custodi et ipsos custodes?
- who will guard the guards themselves?
- rebus
- in the things; by the things; type of puzzle
- recipe (rx)
- take (capio); tell in the cpmmand to take dosage
- res ipsa loquitur
- the thing speaks for itself
- resquiscat in pacque
- rip- rest in peace
- sanctum santorum
- holy of the holies
- sinatus populus quae Romanus (spqr)
- government of rome
- seriantim
- in series (not a single issue); serially
- sic
- it was thus
- sic transit gloria mundi
- thus passes the glory of the world
- sine diea
- wihout a day (set for reconvening)
- sine loco
- without a place; no publication location specified
- sine qua non
- without; which not; essential or necessity
- stare decisus
- stand decided or decision stands
- statim
- immediately
- status quo ante
- the state at which it was before (status quo)
- stet
- let it stand
- sub poena
- under penalty; writ of mandate; appear under punishment
- sub rosa
- under rose; secretly
- sui generis
- of its own kind; unique
- sui juris
- in its own right; having full capacity
- sumacum laude
- with highest praise
- tabula rasa
- blank slate; john locke; environment
- tempus fugit
- time flies
- terra firma
- solid/firm land (after get off boat)
- terra incognita
- unknown land or territory
- ultima thule
- farthest point north
- vade mecum
- go with me; reference book
- veni. vidi. vici.
- i came. I saw. I conquered.
- verbatim
- word for word
- versus
- against; used in legal terms or games
- vice versa
- order having been changed; turnabout
- vide
- namely (viz)
- vivat
- may he live; long live
- viva voce
- by the living voice; oral exam