List of Latin legal terms

A number of Latin terms are used in legal terminology and legal maxims. This is a partial list of these terms, which are wholly or substantially drawn from Latin, or anglicized Law Latin.

Common law

Civil law

Ecclesiastical law

Notes

1 2Yogis, John (1995). Canadian Law Dictionary (4th ed.). Barron's Education Series.
↑"Actio non datur non damnificato". 22 September 2019.
↑"Actus non Facit Reum Nisi Mens Sit Rea - Analysis - Law Corner". 17 July 2021.
↑Law, Jonathan; Martin, Elizabeth A. (2009). "ad colligenda bona". Oxford Reference (2014 ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
↑Black's Law Dictionary (11th ed.). 2019.
↑Gordon v. Steele,376F. Supp.575, 577–78(W.D. Pa.1974)("The fact of residency must be coupled with a finding of intent to remain indefinitely")(quoting Gallagher v. Philadelphia Transp. Co., 185 F.2d 543, 546 (3d Cir. 1950))
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Benson, Marjorie L; Bowden, Marie-Ann; Newman, Dwight (2008). Understanding Property: A Guide (2nd ed.). Thomson Carswell.
↑"Animus testandi". Merriam Webster. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
↑A Selection of Legal Maxims, classified and illustrated, p. 151, at Google Books
1 2 3 4 5 6 7Willes, John A; Willes, John H (2012). Contemporary Canadian Business Law: Principles and Cases (9th ed.). McGraw-Hill Ryerson.
↑Fellmeth, Aaron X.; Horwit, Maurice (2009). Guide to Latin in International Law. Oxford University Press. p. 76. ISBN 9780195369380. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
↑"infra". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
↑Cases Illustrating the Principles of the Laws of Torts, p. 476, at Google Books
↑Foëx, Benedict (2017). "Intro. aux art. 641–645 CC". Commentaire romand, Code civil II (in French). Basel: Helbing Lichtenhahn. p. 1110.
↑O'Hara v State,448So.2d524, 529(District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District1984)("(Footnote [13]) Ubi eadem ratio ibi; idem jus; et de similibus idem est judicium. Where there is the same reason, there is the same law; and where there are similar situations, the judgment is the same.").
↑A Selection of Legal Maxims: Classified and Illustrated, p. 64, at Google Books
↑Law, Jonathan; Martin, Elizabeth A. (2013). A dictionary of law. Oxford Reference (7 ed.). Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-19-172672-9.
↑Hanna, Heather Jane; Harding, Alan G. (2008). "Ubi Jus Ibi Remedium - for the Violation of Every Right, There Must be a Remedy: The Supreme Court's Refusal to Use the Bivens Remedy in Wilkie v. Robbins". Wyoming Law Review. 8: 193–229. doi:10.59643/1942-9916.1167.
↑Thomas, Tracy (November 2004). "Ubi Jus, Ibi Remedium: The Fundamental Right to a Remedy Under Due Process". San Diego Law Review. 41 (4): 1633.
1 2 3M.J. de Waal, 'The Law of Succession', in Introduction to the Law of South Africa, eds. C. G. van der Merwe & Jacques E. du Plessis (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2004), 183–5.
↑Pope Gregory XVI, Bolla: Benedictus Deus, published on 17 June 1834, accessed on 29 January 2025
↑Pope Pius X, Quae rei, published on 27 September 1908, accessed on 29 January 2025
1 2Black's Law Dictionary, 9th edition
↑The distinction between embryo formatus and embryo informatus is first accepted around the year 1140 by Gratian in Decretum Gratiani where he writes that abortion is not murder if the soul of the fetus had not yet been endowed (informatus). This had previously been rejected by early church doctrines. By the 16th century the time of formatus was accepted as the 40th day after conception for a male fetus and the 80th day for a female fetus. However, informed by modern science of embryo development, the Church now recognizes these assumptions be erroneous.

References

Gabriel Adeleye & Kofi Acquah-Dadzie. World dictionary of foreign expressions: A resource for readers and writers. Ed. by Thomas J. Sienkewicz & James T. McDonough, Jr. Wauconda, Ill.: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1999.
Ruben E. Agpalo. Agpalo's legal words and phrases. Manila, Philippines: Rex Book Store, 1997.
Aaron X. Fellmeth & Maurice Horwitz. Guide to Latin in international law, 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.
Harold Rudolf Walraven Gokkel & Nicolaas van der Wal. Juridisch Latijn, 6th edn. Deventer: Kluwer, 2001.
V.G. Hiemstra & H.L. Gonin. Trilingual legal dictionary, 3rd edn. Cape Town, South Africa: Juta, 2001.
William Allen Jowitt. Jowitt's dictionary of English law, 2nd edn. Revised by John Burke, Clifford Walsh, & Emlyn Williams. 2 vols. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1977.
Cezar C. Peralejo & Pacifico A. Agabin. English-Filipino legal dictionary. Quezon City, Philippines: Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, University of the Philippines, 1995.
Theo B. Rood. Glossarium: A compilation of Latin words and phrases generally used in law with English translations. Bryanston, South Africa: Proctrust Publications, 2003.
Jan Scholtemeijer & Paul Hasse. Legal Latin: A basic course. Pretoria, South Africa: J.L. van Schaik Publishers, 1993.
Datinder Sodhi & R. S. Vasan, eds. Latin words & phrases for lawyers. New York: Law and Business Publications, 1980.
Russ VerSteeg. Essential Latin for lawyers. Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 1990.

[Yogis-1] 1 2Yogis, John (1995). Canadian Law Dictionary (4th ed.). Barron's Education Series.

[2] "Actio non datur non damnificato". 22 September 2019.

[3] "Actus non Facit Reum Nisi Mens Sit Rea - Analysis - Law Corner". 17 July 2021.

[4] Law, Jonathan; Martin, Elizabeth A. (2009). "ad colligenda bona". Oxford Reference (2014 ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2022-04-11.

[Blacks11-5] Black's Law Dictionary (11th ed.). 2019.

[Gordon-6] Gordon v. Steele,376F. Supp.575, 577–78(W.D. Pa.1974)("The fact of residency must be coupled with a finding of intent to remain indefinitely")(quoting Gallagher v. Philadelphia Transp. Co., 185 F.2d 543, 546 (3d Cir. 1950))

[Benson-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Benson, Marjorie L; Bowden, Marie-Ann; Newman, Dwight (2008). Understanding Property: A Guide (2nd ed.). Thomson Carswell.

[8] "Animus testandi". Merriam Webster. Retrieved February 11, 2021.

[9] A Selection of Legal Maxims, classified and illustrated, p. 151, at Google Books

[Willes-10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7Willes, John A; Willes, John H (2012). Contemporary Canadian Business Law: Principles and Cases (9th ed.). McGraw-Hill Ryerson.

[11] Fellmeth, Aaron X.; Horwit, Maurice (2009). Guide to Latin in International Law. Oxford University Press. p. 76. ISBN 9780195369380. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

[Infra-12] "infra". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved 27 June 2026.

[13] Cases Illustrating the Principles of the Laws of Torts, p. 476, at Google Books

[14] Foëx, Benedict (2017). "Intro. aux art. 641–645 CC". Commentaire romand, Code civil II (in French). Basel: Helbing Lichtenhahn. p. 1110.

[15] O'Hara v State,448So.2d524, 529(District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District1984)("(Footnote [13]) Ubi eadem ratio ibi; idem jus; et de similibus idem est judicium. Where there is the same reason, there is the same law; and where there are similar situations, the judgment is the same.").

[16] A Selection of Legal Maxims: Classified and Illustrated, p. 64, at Google Books

[ox1-17] Law, Jonathan; Martin, Elizabeth A. (2013). A dictionary of law. Oxford Reference (7 ed.). Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-19-172672-9.

[hanna08-18] Hanna, Heather Jane; Harding, Alan G. (2008). "Ubi Jus Ibi Remedium - for the Violation of Every Right, There Must be a Remedy: The Supreme Court's Refusal to Use the Bivens Remedy in Wilkie v. Robbins". Wyoming Law Review. 8: 193–229. doi:10.59643/1942-9916.1167.

[thomas04-19] Thomas, Tracy (November 2004). "Ubi Jus, Ibi Remedium: The Fundamental Right to a Remedy Under Due Process". San Diego Law Review. 41 (4): 1633.

[fidei-20] 1 2 3M.J. de Waal, 'The Law of Succession', in Introduction to the Law of South Africa, eds. C. G. van der Merwe & Jacques E. du Plessis (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2004), 183–5.

[21] Pope Gregory XVI, Bolla: Benedictus Deus, published on 17 June 1834, accessed on 29 January 2025

[22] Pope Pius X, Quae rei, published on 27 September 1908, accessed on 29 January 2025

[black2009-23] 1 2Black's Law Dictionary, 9th edition

[24] The distinction between embryo formatus and embryo informatus is first accepted around the year 1140 by Gratian in Decretum Gratiani where he writes that abortion is not murder if the soul of the fetus had not yet been endowed (informatus). This had previously been rejected by early church doctrines. By the 16th century the time of formatus was accepted as the 40th day after conception for a male fetus and the 80th day for a female fetus. However, informed by modern science of embryo development, the Church now recognizes these assumptions be erroneous.

List of Latin legal terms

Common law

Civil law

Ecclesiastical law

See also

Notes

References

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