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Latin Phrases and Quotes Starting with phrase number 221
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- Ad unguem - By the nail (Sculptors used their nails to detect imperfections in their work. Since then it meant to be something perfect, since it passed the nail test)
- Ad unguem factus - Made by the nail (Well polished, well made)
- Ad unum omnes - From one to all
- Ad usque fidelis - Unto fidelity (True to the end - Motto of Saint Tropez)
- Ad usum - To usage (Legal term - According to custom)
- Ad usum delphini - For use by the Dolphin (Refers to books that have been expurgated)
- Ad utrumque paratus - Prepared for either (Motto of the Spanish Submarine Force)
- Ad valorem - According to value (Used to determine the Customs duty charge)
- Ad verbum - To the word (Exactly word for word)
- Ad verecundiam - To the venerability (Legal and philosophical term used in logic to describe a Argumentum ad hominem fallacy, where an argument is accepted due to the respect (venerability) of the person asserting it, instead of the facts - Also known as argument to respect or argument to prestige)
- Ad verum ducit - Conducive to truth - (Motto of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande of Sul, Brazil)
- Ad vitam aeternam - To eternal life (for the duration of a person's life)
- Addenda et corrigenda - To be added and corrected (Grammatical term - Added to the end of a book so that it will be fixed in the next edition)
- Addictio bonorum libertatum servandorum causa - Property exchanged to gain freedom (Legal term - When a master died, the slaves could obtain the property with the condition that they pay all the creditors)
- Adeamus ad montem fodere putas cum porribus nostrum - We are going to the mountain to plant potatoes with our hoe
- Adeo acriter nostri milites pugnaverunt ut hostes superarent - Our soldiers fought with much determination and overcame to the enemy
- Adeo fessus pervenit ut ceciderit et humi iaceret - So tired he arrived that he fell humiliated and he stayed laying on the earth
- Adeste fideles - Come faithful (Ecclesiastical term)
- Adhaesit pavimento anima mea - My soul is glued to the pavement (Dante, The Divine Comedy)
- Adhuc sub iudice lis est - The dispute is still before the judge (Horace - Legal term - Ars poetica)
- Aditio a die - Adition to date (Legal term - Condition in which the buyer accepts termination of the sale, if the seller finds a better offer within the deadline stated in the contract)
- Aditio haereditatis - Addition of inheritance (Legal term)
- Aditio in diem - Adition to date (Legal term - Condition in which the buyer accepts termination of the sale, if the seller finds a better offer within the deadline stated in the contract)
- Adjuctorium nostrum in nomine domini qui fecit caellum et terrram - Our help is the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth (Vulgate - Psalm 121:2)
- Admissio proter non usum - Admission by lack of use (Legal term - voluntary servitude is ended by non-use)
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