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AAERT Everything Questions and Answers 2024
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AAERT Everythingad hoc - answer for this purpose only
ad hoc - answer for this purpose only
ab ovo - answer from the egg - at the beginning, from the start
ad curium - answer to [at] court
ad infinitum - answer to infinity - without limit, indefinitely
ad litem - answer to the suit - for the purposes of a lawsuit, pending a lawsuit:
Guardian ad litem - answer is appointed to act on behalf of an incompetent
ad nauseam - answer to the point of inducing nausea NOTE: it is NOT spelled nauseum
ad testificandum - answer for testifying - subpoena to appear in court and testify
alter ego - answer 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 - answer[singular] amici curiae [plural] friend of the court - third party filing
a brief to support a specific position
ante litem - answer before trial
arguendo - answer arguing, for the sake of argument: Assuming, arguendo, that my
friend is correct, I will defer to him.
bona fide - answer in good faith - open, sincere
caveat - answer beware - warning
caveat emptor - answer let the buyer beware
caveat venditor - answer let the seller beware
certiorari - answerto be informed of - a writ from a higher to a lower court, ordering a
transcript of proceedings for appellate review
chattel or cattle - answer[Old English] - an article of personal or movable property
,compos mentis - answersane, of sound mind
corpus - answerbody - any set of materials. Total assets in an estate or trust
corpus juris - answerbody of law
corpus delecti - answerbody 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 - answerfault - negligence
cum laude - answerwith praise - an honor granted with a college degree
curriculum vitae - answercourse of life - a résumé of one's career, qualifications, and
professional history
de facto - answerin fact - actual and real in fact EX:the usurper was the de facto
president, but was not recognized elsewhere.
de jure - answerin law - legal, proper, legitimate EX: he fled when the revolution began,
but was still, de jure, the king.
de juris - answerof the law
de minimis - answerof 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 - answerdefendant's assertion that plaintiff's complaint is insufficient, or does
not state a cause of action upon which relief can be granted
de novo - answeranew, afresh - a new or second hearing. To hear a case from the
beginning
dictum [singular] dicta [plural] - answercomments within a published opinion which do
not relate directly to the facts of the case at hand, but illustrate or explain the court's
thinking. Dicta cannot be cited as precedent
duces tecum - answerbring with you - subpoena to bring items of evidence, such as
documents
e.g. [exempli gratia] - answermay or may not be italicized thus, for example
en banc - answerin [on] the bench - the entire membership of an appellate court, as
opposed to a mere quorum or subset of its member judges
, en bloc - answerin a block - as a unit, as a whole,, completely
ergo - answerTherefore His clothes were soaked - ergo, he was out in the rain.
escheat - answerto fall out [back] - reversion of property to the state when there are no
legal heirs
estoppel - answerstopped up - a legal impediment to bringing or maintaining an action
et al. et alii [plural] - answerand another, or others - referring to other parties involved
but not specifically named
et seq. [etsequentes] - answerand the following - refer to further material after a citation,
usually page numbers
et ux. [et uxor] - answerand spouse - typically used to join a wife to a husband in a
contract or action
ex contractu - answerfrom the contract - arising from a contractual promise
ex curia - answerout of court
ex delicto - answerfrom a crime - resulting from a crime, tort, malfeasance, or a
contractual duty
ex parte - answerfrom one part, on one side - something done by or for one party only
ex post facto - answerafter the fact - an act performed or law passed with retroactive
effect
forum - answerplace - venue, tribunal, place or trial
forum non - answerconveniens inconvenient forum - authority of a court to decline
jurisdiction
habeas corpus - answeryou have the body - a writ issued to release someone from
improper imprisonment
Idem - answersame - the same as above, particularly previously cited material
i.e. [id est] - answermay or may not be italicized that is Don't keep on doing that, i.e.,
stop it right now.
in absentia - answerin the absence of The military junta sentenced him in absentia, as
he had fled.
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