Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea - The act does not make a person guilty unless the mind is also guilty (Legal term)
Acu traiectatur duo lina ducente - Thread the needle with two threads
Acuti morbi in quattuordecim diebus iudicantur - Acute illnesses are resolved in fourteen days (Medical Maxim - Hippocrates)
Ad acta - To the archives (Legal term - abbreviated as AA)
Ad acta atra peracta sunt facta atta patrata - For dark acts are prepared dark jails (Legal term in reference to serious crimes)
Ad altare Dei - To the altar of God (Ecclesiastical term)
Ad Altiora, et meliora, semper - Always the highest and the best
Ad altiora tendimus - We hung high (Motto of Superior National Institute faculty in Modern Languages "Juan Ramon Fernandez" in Argentina)
Ad Amphitruo - The Host (Title of a book by Plautus)
Ad aperturam libri - To the open book
Ad aras - To the altars, to the end.
Ad Astra per alas Gryps - To the stars on Gryphon's wings ( Thank you: CAPT(sg) D. )
Ad astra per aspera - To the stars, the hard way (Apollo Motto - missions to the moon)
Ad audiendas confessiones - Confessions in front of the audience (Ecclesiastical term - Test given to a seminarian or transitional deacon who is completing his theological studies)
Ad augusta per angusta - To high places by narrow roads
Ad auxilium vocatus - The one called to help (Legal term - ad-vocatus = lawyer)
Ad avizandum - To further consider ( The term employed when a Scottish Court takes further time for the consideration of a cause, instead of pronouncing an immediate decision upon it. The Court is said to ‘take the case ad avizandum’ or to ‘make avizandum of the case’”. This Latinate word is one of the many Scottish legal terms that is not heard in English Courts - Thank you: Alasdair Rankin )
Ad bene placitum - For good pleasure
Ad bona - For the good (Legal term - Used in the frase "curator ad bona" in reference to the guardian of estate of minor)
Ad calendas graecas / Ad kalendas graecas - At the Greek Kalendas (Never!! The greeks did not mark time in Kalendas)
Ad captandum vulgus - To capture the people (Political term - Appeal to the masses - To win over the crowds)
Ad cautelam - As a precaution (Legal term - Refers to a docuement that is not necessary, but it is filed just in case)
Ad clerum - To the clergy (Ecclesiastical term)
Ad curram et communico - To care is to share (The St Patrick's School Military Band's motto translated into latin)
Ad effectum vivendi et probandi - To the effect of being seen and proven (Legal term)
