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A contrario sensu - by the contrary reason. In the opposite sense, inversely.
A fortiori – With even stronger reason.
A latere – alongside.
A non domino – which does not come from the owner.
A posteriori – according to foreseen events.
A priori – according to unforeseen events.
A quo: lower court from which the case originates. That from whose decision an appeal is made.
A quo=Judge or lower court from which the case originates; That from whose decision an appeal is made - Day or starting term of a deadline
Ab absurdo: by absurdity.
Ab aeterno: from eternity.
Ab initio: from the beginning.
Ab intestato: without a will.
Ab irato - In the heat of anger
Aberratio ictus: an act aimed at one person, indirectly hitting a third party.
Aberratio Rei - Mistake of thing
Abolitio criminis - Abolition of the crime
Absent reo: in the absence of the defendant.
Accessorium sequitur principale: the accessory follows the principal.
Accidentalia negotii: incidental business.
Accipiens: a good-faith creditor of a performance not due to him.
Acessorium sequitur principale - The accessory follows the principal
Actio ad exhibendum: action for exhibition.
Actio de damno infecto: action for feared damage.
Actio de in rem verso: action for reimbursement of undue payment.
Actio de negotiis gestis: action for taking and accounting by a business manager.
Actio ex empto: buyer's action to claim delivery of the sold item.
Actio in personam - Personal action or action concerning a person
Actio in rem - Real action or action concerning a thing
Actio libera in causa: free action in the cause of the crime.
Actio negotiorum gestorum: action by the business manager to recover expenses of management.
Actio quanti minoris: action for reduction of price due to defects in the sold item.
Actio quanti minoris - Action for price reduction
Actor probat actionem - The plaintiff proves the action
Ad Arbitrium - arbitrarily.
Ad argumentandum tantum - for argument's sake only
Ad causam: for the cause.
Ad cautelam: for caution.
Ad corpus –entirely.
Ad exemplus: for example.
Ad hoc - For this. Temporary substitution for the specific case
Ad Infinitum – To infinity, without end, indefinitely.
Ad instar – in the likeness of.
Ad judicia - For the general court, for judicial purposes – power of attorney ad judicia.
Ad libitum –at will.
Ad litem –for the lawsuit. For the litigation; power of attorney or mandate for a specific lawsuit
Ad literam –literally.
Ad mensuram –by measure.
Ad negotia: for business. Used to refer to power of attorney granted for the completion of a business or extrajudicial matter
Ad nuntum: at the will of. Dependent on the will of another
Ad perpetuam rei memoriam: for the perpetual memory of the thing, fact – procedures requested and carried out in a perpetual capacity, when there is a fear that the evidence may disappear.
Ad probationem: for proof.
Ad processum: for the lawsuit.
Ad quem – higher court to which the case is forwarded; - to whom the appeal is made.
Ad quo: Judge or Court of origin of a lawsuit. That from whose decision an appeal is made.
Ad referendum - Pending approval by the competent authority
Ad rem - Direct affirmation of the thing
Ad solemnitatem: requiring legal solemnity.
Ad valorem - According to value
Afectio societatis –intention to form a partnership.
Affidavit: statement under oath.
Alea jacta est – The die is cast
Alibi – Elsewhere. A defense used by a person to claim they were elsewhere and not at the scene of the crime
Alma mater – Creating mother.
Alter ego – Other self.
Amor omnia vinciti – Love conquers all.
Animus abutendi –intention to abuse.
Animus adjuvanti - Intention to help
Animus dolandi - Intent to deceive; to harm
Animus furtandi - Intention to steal
Animus jocandi –intention to joke, jest
Animus laedendi - Intention to harm
Animus lucrandi –intention to profit.
Animus manendi: intention to establish permanent residence. Intention to remain
Animus necandi –intention to kill.
Animus nocendi –intention to harm. to be harmful to
Animus possidendi –intention to possess.
Animus simulandi - Intention to simulate
Animus solvendi –intention to pay.
Animus violandi –intention to violate.
Animus: intention.
Anno Domini – In the year of the Lord.
Apud acta - In the records, with the records
Apud: near.
Avis rara– Said of a person, though welcome, who visits rarely.
"B"
Beneplácito – With approval.
Bens pro diviso - Divisible assets
Bens pro indiviso - Indivisible assets
Bis – Again, once more, repetition.
Bis in idem –double jeopardy (same offense twice).
Bona fide – In good faith.
Boni mores – Good morals.
Brevi manu – readily.
"C"
Capitis deminutio –inversion of the order of values.
Caput: head.
Caução de damno infecto – security for feared damage.
Caução de rato: security for mandate.
Causa debendi: cause of debt.
Causa mortis – Cause of death
Causa petendi –cause of action.
Cessão in solutum - assignment to release the assignor from their obligations.
Cessão pro solvendo - mandate granted by the assignor to the assignee to collect credit from the debtor.
Citra petita –less than requested. Less than what was asked for.
Cláusula ad judicia –mandate granted for general jurisdiction.
Cláusula constituti –one that contains an obligation to transfer the thing.
Cogito ergo sum – I think, therefore I am.
Coisa extra commercium –thing outside of commerce.
Communis opinio –common opinion.
Competência ratione loci –one that is determined based on domicile or the location of the property.
Competência ratione materiae –one that is determined based on the category or nature of the jurisdiction.
Competência ratione valori –one that is determined based on the value of the case.
Concessa venia: with due consent.
Concilium fraudis –fraudulent scheme.
Conditio sine qua non - Condition without which nothing can be done
Consummatum est - It is finished, it is done.
Contra legem –against the law.
Contradictio in terminis: contradiction in terms.
Coram legem - Before the law
Corpus delicti –body of the crime.
Corrigenda – Errors to be corrected, errata.
Cuique suum – To each his own
Culpa in comitendo –fault in committing.
Culpa in custodiendo –fault in guarding.
Culpa in eligendo –fault in choosing.
Culpa in omittendo –fault in omitting.
Culpa in vigilando: fault in supervising.
Curriculum Vitae – Course of life; set of biographical data and all professional activities.
Custas ex causa –costs in free legal aid.
Custas ex lege –legal costs.
Custas pro rata – costs to be shared among parties.
"D"
Dano ex delicto: damage caused by a criminal offense with repercussions in civil law.
Data venia –with due consent.
Datio in solutum –payment in lieu.
De cujus –deceased, deceased, person whose estate is being probated, originator of the inheritance
De cujus sucessione agitur - concerning whose succession it is treated
De facto: in fact.
De fide –By faith, with the authority of faith.
De gratia –Gratuitously.
De iure condendo or constituendo –of the law to be constituted.
De iure constituto –of the constituted law.
De iure: by law.
De lege ferenda –of the law to be created.
De lege lata –of the created law.
De meritis –of merit.
De proprio motu – Spontaneously.
De visu –from sight.
Debitum coniugale –marital debt.
Defensor ex officio –public defender.
Deficit – Negative balance.
Dei gratia – By the grace of God.
Delirium tremens –alcoholic delirium.
Dies a quo – the day on which a deadline begins to run.
Dies certus an er quando: a certain day and when.
Dies certus an incertus quando: a certain but uncertain day as to when.
Dies incertus quando: an uncertain day as to when.
Dixi – I have spoken.
Doação inter vivos - a gift made between living persons.
Doação ou mortis causa –a gift made on the condition that the donee survives the donor.
Dolo res ipsa – presumed intent.
Dolo res ipsa - Presumed intent
Dolos malus – bad intent.
Dolus bonus – good intent.
Dolus malus - Bad intent
Domine, quo vadis? – Lord, where are you going?
Dum vita est, spes est – While there is life, there is hope.
Dura lex, sed lex – The law is harsh, but it is the law.
"E"
Ecce Homo! – Behold the man (Christ).
Emendatio Libelli - used when there is an error in the indictment or complaint in the classification of the offense - the judge makes the correction independently of any proceeding.
Erga omnes –against all.
Errare humanum est – To err is human.
Error facit – error of fact.
Error in objecto – error regarding the object.
Error in persona – error regarding the person.
Error iuris: error of law.
Essentialia negotii - essential elements of a contract.
Est modus in rebus - there is a limit in all things.
Et alii –and others.
Eventus damni –event of damage.
Ex abrupto –abruptly.
Ex abundantia –in abundance.
Ex adverso –from the opposite side.
Ex aecquo et bono: according to equity and good conscience.
Ex aecquo: equality of merit or title.
Ex ante: from before.
Ex auctoritate propria: by one's own authority.
Ex cathedra: from the chair; as a professor.
Ex consensu: by consent.
Ex corde –From the heart, sincerely.
Ex facto oritur jus: the law arises from the facts.
Ex intefro: in full.
Ex iure: according to law.
Ex lege: according to the law.
Ex locato - Used to express a leasehold relationship, existing between lessor and lessee, by virtue of a contract
Ex more: according to custom; according to custom
Ex nunc: from now on - refers to an act that is effective from its execution onwards, without retroactive effect.
Ex officio: officially.
Ex positis: from what has been stated.
Ex professo: masterfully.
Ex proprio iure: by one's own right.
Ex tunc: From then on; indication that the act also covers the past, affecting previous situations.
Ex vi legis: by effect of the law.
Ex vi: by effect; By force; as a consequence of what the law stipulates
Excelsior –Higher.
Exceptio rei iudicato - Plea of res judicata
Exceptio veritatis: plea of truth.
Exempi gratia: for example.
Exequatur –let it be executed; let it be fulfilled; authorization from the STF for judicial acts requested by foreign authorities to be carried out in the country.
Ex-officio –By duty of office.
Expressis verbis: in express terms.
Extra matrimonium: outside of marriage.
Extra muros: outside the limits.
Extra petita: beyond the request. The sentence should not deal with matters not requested by the plaintiff.
Ex-voto –By virtue of a promise, a vow.
"F"
Fac simile –Faithful reproduction of an original. Exact reproduction.
Fácies –Facial appearance, physiognomy.
Facta concludentia: conclusive facts.
Facta praeterita: past facts.
Factum principis: act of the prince.
Facultas agendi: faculty to act.
Fiador in solidum: joint guarantor.
Fiat Lux –Let there be light.
Fiat voluntas tua –An expression of resignation in the face of suffering that cannot be avoided.
Ficta confessio: fictitious confession.
Ficta possessio: fictitious possession.
Fictio iuris: legal fiction.
Finium regundorum: action for demarcation or regulation of properties.
Forum rei sitae –Forum of the location of the property.
Fraus legis: fraud of law.
Fumus boni iuris: smoke of good law. Reasonable claim, with prospects of success in court.
Furtum improprium: improper theft.
Furtum proprium: proper theft.
"G"
Gloria in excelsis Deo –Glory to God in the highest.
Gratia argumentandi - For the sake of argument
Grosso modo –Roughly, approximately, in general terms.
"H"
Habeas corpus –action to guarantee the freedom of movement - freedom to come and go; used to repress or prevent illegal arrest or constraint.
Habeas data: action that guarantees the interested party access to information pertaining to them, contained in records or databases of governmental or public entities, as well as rectification of such data.
Hic et nunc: here and now. immediately
Homo hominis lupus –Man is wolf to man.
Honoris causa –In consideration of merit.
Honoris causa: for honor, an honorary university degree awarded as a tribute.
"I"
Ibidem: in the same place.
Id est –that is, or so.
Idem –The same.
Idem per idem: the same by the same.
Ilegitimidade ad causam: lack of standing to sue.
Ilegitimidade ad processum: lack of capacity to be a party to a lawsuit.
Im memoriam: in memory.
Impotentia coendi: inability to conceive.
Impotentia generandi: inability to procreate.
Imprimatur: let it be printed.
Improbus administrator: dishonest administrator.
Improbus litigator: dishonest litigant.
In absentia: in absence.
In actu: in fact.
In albis: in blank.
In articulo mortis: moment close to death.
In casu: in the case.
In dubio pro reo: in doubt, in favor of the defendant.
In extremis: in the last moments of life.
In fieri: about to happen.
In fine - At the end
In fraude legis: in fraud of the law.
In futurum: in the future.
In genere: in general.
In hoc signo vinces –In this sign you will conquer. In loco – In place.
In initio litis: at the beginning of the lawsuit.
In integrum: in full.
In intinere: event that occurred during the routine commute.
In limine litis: at the threshold of the lawsuit.
In limine: at the beginning.
In loco –in the place itself.
In memoriam –In memory.
Inaudita altera pars - without hearing the other party - occurs in preliminary injunctions and clarifying motions that do not have a modifying effect.
In nomine: in the name of.
In perpetuum: forever.
In promptu –Improvised.
In re/in rem: pertaining to a thing or a real right.
In rem verso: for the benefit of another.
In retum natura: things of nature.
In situ: on site.
In solidum: in full. in payment
In specie: in kind.
In terminis: at the end.
In thesi: in theory.
In totum: in whole; in its entirety.
In verbis: in these terms.
In vino veritas –In wine, there is truth.
In vitro: laboratory experiment conducted on glass slides.
In vivo: laboratory experiment conducted on living beings, on test subjects, dogs, etc.
In: in.
Infra: below.
Institutas: one of the parts of the Corpus Iuris Civilis.
Intentio legis: intent of the law.
Inter alios acta: done between others.
Inter vivos –Between the living.
Interpretatio cessat in claris: interpretation ceases when the law is clear.
Intra muros: within the limits.
Intra vires hereditatis: heir's obligation within and up to the limits of the inheritance.
Intra-muros –Inside the city, within the city walls.
Intuitu personae: in consideration of the person.
Ipsis literis/verbis: in the same words.
Ipsis litteris –Literally. Textually; with the same letters
Ipsis verbis - Verbatim; with the same words; with one's own words
Ipso facto: by the same fact.
Ipso iure: by the law itself.
Iter criminis: itinerary of the crime.
Iura in re aliena: rights on another's property.
Iura: rights.
Iure et facto: by law and in fact.
Iure proprio: by one's own right.
Iurias tantum: rebuttable presumption.
Iuris et de iure: by law and of law.
Iuris praecepta: legal norms.
Iuris Tantum - By law; what derives from the law itself
Ius abutendi: right to abuse.
Ius agendi: right to act.
Ius applicationis: right of application.
Ius civile: civil law.
Ius commune: common law.
Ius condentum: law to be constituted.
Ius conditum: law already constituted.
Ius disponendi: right to dispose.
Ius fruendi: right to enjoy.
Ius generale: general law.
Ius genitum: law of nations.
Ius in re: real right.
Ius manendi: right to remain.
Ius naturale: natural law.
Ius non scripitum: unwritten law.
Ius persequendi: right to pursue.
Ius possessionis: right of possession.
Ius possidendi: right to possess.
Ius postulandi: right to plead.
Ius privatum: private law.
Ius publicum: public law.
Ius puniendi: right to punish.
Ius retentionis: right of retention.
Ius sanguinis: right of blood.
Ius scriptum: written law.
Ius singulare: singular law.
Ius soli: right of soil.
Ius utendi: right to use.
Ius: right.
"J"
Juízo a quo –lower court.
Juízo ad quem –higher court.
Julgamento citra petita - judgment below the request.
Julgamento extra petita - judgment beyond the request.
"L"
Lacrima Crhristi –Tear of Christ.
Lato sensu –In a broad sense. unrestricted sense.
Legitimario ad processum: standing to sue.
Legitimatio ad causam: standing to be a party to the cause.
Lex duodecim tabulorum: law of the twelve tables.
Lex fori: law of the forum.
Lex loci: law of the place.
Lex mitior: more lenient law.
Lex privata: private law.
Lex rei sitae: law of the place where the property is located.
Lex: law.
Libertas quae sera tamen –Liberty even if late
Litis contestatio: joinder of issue.
Loco citato: place cited.
Locus regit actum: the law of the place governs the acts.
Longa manus: long arm.
"M"
Mandamus - Used to designate a Writ of Mandamus
Mandato ad judicia: mandate for general jurisdiction.
Mandato ad litem: judicial mandate granted by the judge to a defaulting or absent party.
Mandato ad negotia: mandate for non-judicial business.
Mandato aliena gratia: mandate for the benefit of a third party.
Magistrature débout - Standing magistracy (French expression)
Manus - Ministry
Manu militari: by military force; execution of an act or obligation by public force.
Meit um causae - Merits of the case
Mens legis: spirit of the law.
Meritum causae: merit of the cause.
Meta iptata: intended goal.
Modus acquirendi –Method of acquisition.
Modus aquirendi: method of acquisition.
Modus faciendi: way of doing.
Modus operandi: mode of operation.
Modus probandi: method of proof.
Modus vivendi –Mode of living, agreement made with justice for better life conduct.
Modus vivendi: way of life.
Modus: model; mode.
Mora accipiendi: delay of the creditor.
Mora debitoris: delay of the debtor.
Mora ex persona: delay established by judicial demand.
Mora ex re: delay due to non-performance on the due date.
Mora solvendi: delay of the debtor.
Mora uxorio: cohabitation.
Motu proprio –Of one's own accord, spontaneously.
Motu proprio: on one's own initiative.
Mutatio Libelli - emergence of a new essential circumstance - the judge orders the defense to be heard.
Mutatis mutandis –Referring to two facts that, with slight alteration of circumstances, are the same. Change what should be changed.
"N"
Natura non facit saltus: nature does not make leaps.
Naturalia negotii: natural elements of a contract.
Nec plus ultra –Nothing better beyond this.
Negotiorum gestio: management of affairs.
Neminem laedere: to harm no one.
Nemo iudex sine lege: no judge without law.
Nihil obstat –Nothing prevents. nothing hinders.
Nomen iuris: legal name.
Non bis in idem: not being tried twice for the same offense.
Non dominis: not the owner.
Non liquet: it is not clear.
Norma agendi: rule of action.
Nota bene (N.B.): note well.
Notitia criminis: notice of the crime.
Nula poena sine lege: no penalty without law.
Numerus clausus: closed list.
Numerus clausus - Closed list
"O"
Obligatio dandi –obligation to give.
Obligatio faciend - : obligation to do.
Obligatio in solidum –joint obligation.
Obligatio propter rem –real obligation.
Occasio legis –occasion of the law.
Omnia vincit amor –Love conquers all.
Onus probandi: burden of proof.
Ope legis: by force of law.
Opere citato –In the work cited. (op. cit.)
Opinio iuris doctorum: legal opinion of doctors.
Opinio iuris: legal opinion.
Opportuno tempore: at the opportune time.
Opus citatum (Op. Cit.): cited work.
Otium cum dignitate –Honorable rest.
"P"
Pacta sunt servanda: agreements must be kept.
Pacto contrahendo: preliminary agreement.
Pacto de non alienando: pact not to alienate the property.
Pacto de non cedendo: pact prohibiting the assignment of credit or right.
Pacto de non petendo: pact not to judicially enforce the credit.
Pacto de quota litis: agreement that sets attorneys' fees based on the outcome of the case.
Pacto reservati dominii: pact of retention of title.
Pactum scelleris: criminal conspiracy.
Pandectas: one of the parts of the Corpus iuris Civilis
Panem et circenses –Bread and circuses.
Pari passu: at the same pace.
Parquet - Used to designate the Public Prosecutor's Office. Ex: Members of the Parquet when referring to Public Prosecutors (French expression)
Passim: frequently.
Patria potesta: parental power.
Per capita: per person.
Per fas et nefas: by right and by wrong.
Per se –By itself, without external influence.
Permissa venia: with due consent.
Persecutio criminis: prosecution of the crime.
Persona Grata –Welcome person.
Persona non grata –Unwelcome person.
Persona: person.
Placet: It pleases; consent for the exercise of diplomatic functions in the accredited country's territory.
Pleno iure: full right.
Posse ad interdicta: possession exercisable through possessory interdicts.
Posse ad usucapionem: possession exercisable through adverse possession.
Posse pro emptore: possession arising from the tradition of the thing.
Post factum: after the fact.
Post mortem: after death.
Post scriptum –After the writing (P.S.). (Used for an addition when the message has already been concluded)
Post: after; following.
Praeter legem: beyond the law.
Presona grata: welcome person.
Presunção iuris et iuris: absolute presumption, which does not admit proof to the contrary.
Presunção iuris tantum: rebuttable presumption, which admits proof to the contrary.
Pretium doloris: price of pain.
Prima facie: at first sight.
Primus inter pares: first among equals.
Pro forma –Merely for formality.
Pro labore: for work.
Pro rata: proportionally.
Pro soluto: for payment.
Pro solvendo: to pay.
Pro tempore: temporarily.
Procuração ad iudicia: general power of attorney for the court.
Procuração ad negotia: extrajudicial power of attorney for business.
Procuração apud acta: power of attorney filed in the case records.
Prova ad perpectuam rei memoriam: evidence for the perpetual remembrance of the fact.
Punctum saliens: main point.
"Q"
Quanti minoris: reduction in price.
Quantum –Amount of compensation. Value
Quantum satis: as much as is needed.
Questio facti: question of fact.
Questio iuris: question of law.
Quid iuris?: what is the law?
Quorum –Minimum number for a collegiate body to function.
Quota litis: contingent fee.
"R"
Ratio agendi: reason for acting.
Ratio essendi: reason for being.
Ratio iuris: legal reason.
Ratio legis: reason of the law.
Ratione contractus - Due to the contract
Ratione materiae –by reason of the subject matter.
Ratione personae –by reason of the person.
Ratione valori: by reason of the value.
Rebus sic stantibus: things remaining as they are.
Rebus sic stantibus - Things remaining as they are
Rectius: more correctly.
Referendum: referendum.
Reformatio in melius: reform for the better.
Reformatio in peius: reform for the worse.
Rei sitae –Where the property is located.
Rejeição in limine: rejection at the threshold.
Relação ex locato: landlord-tenant relationship.
Rem: things.
Remedium iuris: legal remedy.
Requiescat in pace –Rest in Peace.
Res aliena: another's property.
Res communis: abandoned property. Common property
Res derelictae –Abandoned property.
Res extra commercium –Thing outside of commerce.
Res furtiva: stolen property.
Res habilis: capable thing.
Res in commercio: thing in commerce.
Res in iudicium de ducta: matter debated in court.
Res inter alios acta: matter done between others.
Res iudicata: res judicata (a matter decided by judgment).
Res litigiosae: litigious thing.
Res mobilis, res vilis: movable property, worthless property.
Res non verba: things and not words.
Res nullius –Nobody's property.
Res periti domino: the thing is presumed at the owner's expense.
Res privatae: private property.
Res publicae: public property.
Res uxoriae: dowry.
Res, non verba –Reality, and not words.
Res: thing.
Restitutio in integrum: full restitution.
Rex extra commercium: thing outside of commerce.
"S"
Sanctio iuris: legal sanction.
Secundum ius: according to law.
Secundum legem: according to the law.
sed fiat voluntas tua: but thy will be done!)
Sentença citra petita: sentence below the request.
Sentença ultra petita: sentence beyond the request.
Si vis pacem para bellum –If you want peace, prepare for war.
Status quo –State in which it is
Sic –Thus (Used to clarify that we are transcribing the text as it is in the original)
Sic et simpliciter: purely and simply.
Sine die: without a date.
Sine iure –Without right.
Sine qua non: without which not.
Societas criminis: criminal association.
Sol lucet Omnibus –The sun shines for everyone.
Soluto: paid.
Solve et repete: pay and reclaim.
SOS - Save our souls –Save our souls - English expression.
Sponte propria: of one's own accord.
Sponte sua: of one's own will.
Statu quo: state in which it is.
Status civitatis: state of citizenship.
Status familiae: family status.
Status libertatis: state of liberty.
Stricto iure: strict law.
Stricto sensu: strict interpretation.
Sub conditione: under condition.
Sub examine: under examination.
sub judice –case pending judgment.
Sub voce: under the word.
Sucessão ab intestato: intestate succession.
Sucessão inter vivos: succession between living persons.
Sui generis: special. Of its kind (without equal)
Sui iuris: of one's own right.
Superavit –Positive balance; surplus.
Superfícies solo cedit: whatever is built on the land belongs to the owner of the land.
Supra: above.
Sursis: conditional suspension of sentence.
Suum cuique tribuere: to give each his due.
"T"
Tabula rasa: blank slate (lack of experience).
Taedium Vitae –The tedium of life, the weariness of living.
Tarifa ad valorem: one that is fixed by a value or percentage.
Te Deum –To Thee, O God, we praise.
Tertius: third party.
Testis unus testis nullus: one witness is no witness.
Thema decidendum: subject to be decided.
Thema probandum: subject to be proven.
Timeo hominem unius libri –(St. Thomas Aquinas) – I fear a man of one book.
Tollitur quaestio: end of the question.
Tribunal ad quem: higher tribunal.
Tribunal quo: lower tribunal.
Tutor ad hoc: appointed guardian.
"U"
Ul possidetis: possession in the state it is found.
Ultima ratio: last resort.
Ultimatum: ultimatum.
Ultra petita: beyond the request. The sentence must not go beyond what the plaintiff has claimed.
Ultra vires hereditatis: beyond the scope of the inheritance.
Ultra: beyond.
Una voce: with one voice, unanimously.
Urbi et orbi: to the city and to the world.
Usque: until.
Ut infra: as below.
Ut retro: as mentioned above.
Ut singuli: individually.
Ut supra: as cited above.
Ut universi: jointly.
Uti, non abuti –To use, not to abuse.
"V"
Vacatio legis: period during which a law is not yet in effect.
Vade in pace –Go in peace.
Vade mecum –Come with me.
Venda ad corpus: sale of the property as a whole.
Venda ad mensuram: sale based on the measurement of the property.
Veni, vidi, vici –I came, I saw, I conquered.
Verba legis: words of the law.
Verbi gratia (V.G.): for example.
Verbo ad verbum: word for word.
Veredictum: verdict.
Versus: against.
Vexata quaestio: debated issue.
Vide –See. That is, consult.
Vis absoluta: absolute force.
Vis attractiva: attractive force.
Vis compulsiva: moral coercion.
Vis corporalis: physical violence.
Volente nun fit injuria: he who consents is not wronged.
Vox populi, vox Dei –The voice of the people is the voice of God
"W"
Writ – Used to refer to a Writ of Mandamus (English expression)
