Legal Latin Phrases
Starting with phrase number 121

  1. Bona Vacantia - Vacant Goods (Legal Term - Something of value with no known owner, like in "The estate of someone who has passed without a will". - Thank you: Roger Hill)
  2. Bonae fidei possessor suos facit fructus consumptos - The possessor in good faith makes his the fruits consumed (Legal term - Possession is ninth tens of the law)
  3. Bonum commune praeminet bono singulari unius personae - The common good is more important than the particular good (Legal and Ethical term - Saint Thomas Aquinas - It is, or should be, one of the most important social principles for the state, and foundation of Administrative Law)
  4. Bonum ex integra causa, malum ex quocunque defectu - An action is good only if each element in it is good; It is bad if any one of those elements is bad (Legal and Ethical term - Saint Thomas Aquinas)
  5. Brevi manu - With short hand (Legal term - Without legal warrant - Ownership by possession - Compare with longa manu)
  6. Calumniare est falsa crimina intendere - Slander is a false crime charge (Legal term)
  7. Capitis deminutio - Lowering of status (Legal term - Civil death: Lose of liberty, citizenship or family ties)
  8. Casus fortuitus a mora excusat - Fortuitous events should excuse a party (Legal term)
  9. Causa causae est causa causati - The cause of the cause is the cause of the effect (Legal term)
  10. Causa criminalis non praeiudicat civile - A criminal case predicate the civil case (Legal term)
  11. Causa iudicata individua est - A judged matter is indivisible (Legal term)
  12. Causa mortis - Caused by death (Legal term)
  13. Causa non debiti numeratae pecunia, de errore calculi - Does not owe money, because the value was calculated incorrectly (Legal term - Thank you: Bose Senome)
  14. Causa petendi - Alleged cause (Legal term)
  15. Caveat emptor - Buyer beware (Legal term - Sold as is, no warranty)
  16. Cessante ratione legis, lex ipsa cessat - when the reason for a law no longer exists, the law itself ceases to exist (Legal term)
  17. Codex iuris Civilis - Code of Civil Law (Legal term)
  18. Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur - Nobody should be punished for his thoughts (Legal term)
  19. Com res iudicata aliis non prosit - Double jeopardy does not benefit others (Legal term)
  20. Commodum ex iniuria sua nemo habere debet - Nobody should benefit from his own wrongdoing. (Legal term - Thank you: E. Taylor)
  21. Condicio existens ad initium negotii retrohabetur - The existence of the condition goes back at the beginning of the business transaction (Legal term)
  22. Condicio iuris - Legal condition (Legal term - A requirement imposed by law for the validity of a transaction)
  23. Condicio optime - Optimum condition (Legal term)
  24. Condicio sine qua non - Condition without which it could not be (Legal and Philosophical term)
  25. Condiciones, quae contra bonos mores inserentur, remittendae sunt - Conditions that added against good morals release should be treated as not written (Legal term)

Total: 647
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