(AAERT TEST) LATIN TERMINOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 GRADED A+
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(AAERT TEST) LATIN TERMINOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 GRADED A+
ad hoc - for this purpose only
ab ovo - from the egg - at the beginning, from the start
ad curiam - to (at) court
ad infinitum - to infinity - without limit, indefinitely
ad litem - to the suit - for the purposes o...
ab ovo - ✔✔from the egg - at the beginning, from the start
ad curiam - ✔✔to (at) court
ad infinitum - ✔✔to infinity - without limit, indefinitely
ad litem - ✔✔to the suit - for the purposes of a lawsuit, pending a lawsuit:
A guardian ad litem is appointed to act on behalf of an incompetent.
ad nauseam - ✔✔to the point of inducing nausea
NOTE: It is NOT spelled nauseum.
ad testificandum - ✔✔for testifying - subpoena to appear in court and
testify
alter ego - ✔✔another self
Also, the doctrine that a corporation may not be used as a sham to insulate
shareholders from liability for their own private actions.
amicus curiae (singular)
,amici curiae (plural) - ✔✔friend of the court - third party filing a brief to
support a specific position
ante litem - ✔✔before trial
arguendo - ✔✔arguing; for the sake of argument:
Assuming, arguendo, that my friend is correct, i will defer to him.
bona fide - ✔✔in good faith - open, sincere
caveat - ✔✔beware - warning
caveat emptor - ✔✔let the buyer beware
caveat venditor - ✔✔let the seller beware
certiorari - ✔✔to be informed of - writ from a higher to a lower court,
ordering a transcript of proceedings for appellate review
chattel - ✔✔cattle (Old English - an article of personal or movable property
compos mentis - ✔✔sane, of sound mind
corpus - ✔✔body - any set of materials; total assets in an estate or trust
corpus juris = body of law
corpus delecti - ✔✔body of a crime - item upon which a crime has been
committed: In murder, the corpus delecti is the victim's body; in arson, the
burnt property.
culpa - ✔✔fault - negligence
, cum laude - ✔✔with praise - an honor granted with a college degree
curriculum vitae - ✔✔course of life - a resume of one's career,
qualifications, and professional history.
de facto - ✔✔in fact - actual and real in fact:
The usurper was the de facto president, but was not recognized elsewhere.
de jure - ✔✔in law - legal, proper, legitimate: He fled when the revolution
began, but was still, de jure, the king.
de juris - ✔✔of the law
de minimis - ✔✔of only a tiny amount - trivial, inconsequential
A procedural error made during trial may be so trivial that the outcome of
the trial could not have been affected by it.
demurrer - ✔✔- defendant's assertion that plaintiff's complaint is
insufficient, or does not state a cause of action upon which relief can be
granted.
de novo - ✔✔anew, afresh - a new or second hearing; to hear a case from
the beginning
dictum (singular)
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