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Common Words Part 2
AAERT Common Words and Phrases Part 2
Term | Definition |
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Corpus delecti | Body of crime, item, person, place of which a crime has been committed. |
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 fact |
De jure | In law, legal, proper, legitimate |
De juris | Of the law |
De minimis | Of only a tiny amount, trivial in consequential |
De murrer, demurrer | Defendants assertion that plaintiff's complaint is insufficient |
De novo | Anew; a new or second hearing, to hear a case from the beginning. |
Dictum- singular dicta- plural | Comments within a published opinion which do not relate directly to the facts of the case at hand. |
Duces tecum | Bring with you |
E.g. | Abbreviation of "exempli gratia," "for example" |
En banc | French for "in bench" |
En bloc | French for "in a block, as a unit" |
Ergo | Therefore |
Escheat | To fall out (back) |
Estoppel | Stopped up |
Et al Et alii- plural | And another And others |
Et seq | And the following |