Understanding Latin Legalese TEST Number your paper 1 through 37 37 Items 400 pts for every correct answer
bona fide habeas corpus pro bono corpus delicti de facto affidavit per diem status quo sub poena ad hoc a sworn, written statement sincere, genuine bring a person before a court daily done for free for the public good how things are currently an order commanding a person to appear in court under a penalty for not appearing for a specific purpose, case, or situation material evidence in a crime in reality; actually; in effect
locus delicti prima facie in camera ad infinitum in absentia ipso facto in loco parentis modus operandi de iure nolo contendere according to law; by right forever in (his/her) absence in private; no spectators allowed in the place of a parent by that very fact scene where a crime took place method of operating a plea by the defendant that’s equivalent to an admission of guilt (and leaves him subject to punishment) but allows him the legal option to deny the charges later at first sight
(in) flagrante delicto obiter dictum casus belli inter alia cui bono a mensa at toro non compos mentis pro forma quid pro quo mutatis mutandis (in) flagrante delicto obiter dictum casus belli inter alia cui bono done as formality, done for the show something for something; tit for tat; an equal exchange legal separation an event that justifies a war whom does it benefit? red-handed, in the act among other things after making the necessary changes mentally incompetent something a judge says in arguing a point, but has no bearing on the final decision
perdente lite res ipsa loquitur ultra vires onus probandi sine die sub judice sine qua non burden of proof a case in progress it goes without saying an indispensable condition; a prerequisite postponed indefinitely pending judgment outside one’s jurisdiction