Legal Latin Phrases
Starting with phrase number 615

615. Terminus post quem - Limit after which (Legal term)
616. Testes habesne? - Do you have witnesses? (Legal term - Pliny the elder)
617. Thema decidendi - The matter to be decided (Legal term)
618. Tribunicia auctoritas morum - Tribunal moral authority (Legal term)
619. Tribunicia potestas - Tribunal power (Legal term)
620. Tutela est vis ac potestas in capite libero ad tuendum eum qui propter aetatem suam sponte se defendere nequit - Guardianship is power and authority to protect someone who because of his age, cannot protect himself (Legal term - definition of Tutela)
621. Ubi eadem ratio, idem ius - For the same reason, the same law (Legal term)
622. Ubi homo, ibi societas; ubi societas, ibi Ius; ergo, ubi homo, ibi Ius - Where there was man, there was society, where there was society there was law (Legal term - indicates that rule of law is an integral part of mankind)
623. Ubi lex non distinguit, nec nos distinguere debemus - Where the law does not distinguish, we should not distinguish (Legal term - Laws must be applied as written)
624. Ubi lex voluit, dixit; ubi non voluit, tacuit - When the law wanted it, it talked, when the did not want it, it remained silent (Legal term)
625. Ubi maior minor cessat - Where there is a greater (authority), the lower stops (Legal term - A higher court overwrites a lower one)
626. Ubi verba non sunt ambigua, non est locus interpretationibus - Where words are unambiguous, there is no room for interpretations (Legal term - from the book "The ABC of Law" by David Efrain Misari Torpoco)
627. Ultra posse nemo obligatur - Nobody is forced to do the impossible (Legal Term - Ulpian - The obligations do not extend beyond the capabilities)
628. Ultra vires - Beyond their power (Legal term - Refers to acts of governing bodies that exceed their mandate)
629. Ultra vires hereditatis - Obligation beyond hereditary (Legal term - the inheritor has direct and unlimited liability for the liabilities of the deceased)
630. Universitas non moritur - The corporation does not die (Legal term - it says alive even after its founders die)
631. Uno ictu - (Legal Term - Rights that are automatically transmitted)
632. Unus testis, nullus testis - One witness is no witness (Legal Term - The law requires more than one witness to judge - Thank you: Dietrich Hartmann )
633. Usteron proteron - The late earlier (Legal and philosophical term - Fallacy that assumes that something that has not been proven is true, figure of speech that reverses the natural order of words)
634. Usucapion - Usucaption (Legal Term - Acquisition of property through long, undisturbed possession)
635. Usus fructus - Use of the fruit (Legal term - The benefit derived from something)
636. Ut honestioribus potius fides testibus habentur - Greater faith will be given to the most honorable witnesses (Legal term - Justinian (482-565) Cod.4,20,9)
637. Uti possidetis ita possideatis - As you possessed you shall possess henceforth (Legal Term - International law that establishes that the borders of a colony or political subdivision will become the respected international boundaries once independence is achieved - This principle was incorporated in order to define the limits of the emerging nations)
638. Uti possidetis iure - As possessed according to law (Legal Term)
639. Uti rogas - As asked (Legal term - Means that it was approved, as requested)

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