Terminology: Knowing Your Latin (N to Z)

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Listed below, you will find a cache of oft-used legal terms. This list is in no way comprehensive, so please feel free to add as many appropriate terms as possible. Our hope is to make this article an easy-access and user-friendly research tool for anyone interested in the legal process.

N

nolo contendere:

non est factum:

non sequitur:

O

obiter dictum:

onus probandi:

opinio juris sive necessitatis:

P

par delictum:

parens patriae:

pater familias:

per capita:

per diem:

prima facie:

procedendo: In common law jurisprudence, procedendo is one of the prerogative writs. It is a writ that sends a case from an appellate court to a lower court with an order to proceed to judgment.

pro tem:

pro tempore:

Q

quantum:

quasi:

quid pro quo:

quo ante:

quoad hoc:

quo warranto: (Medieval Latin for "by what warrant?") is one of the prerogative writs, that requires the person to whom it is directed to show what authority he has for exercising some right or power (or "franchise") he claims to hold.

S

scire facias: In English law, a writ of scire facias (from the Latin meaning "to cause to be known") was a writ founded upon some judicial record directing the sheriff to make the record known (scire facias) to a specified party, and requiring that defendant to show cause why the party bringing the writ should not be able to cite that record in his own interest, or why, in the case of letters patent and grants, the record should not be annulled and vacated. In the twenty-first century, there is some speculation as to whether the writ has an application in the law of the United States.

seriatim: Latin for "in series," is a legal term typically used to indicate that a court is addressing multiple issues in a certain order, such as the order that the issues were originally presented to the court.

See Also

Terminology: Knowing Your Latin (A to M)

References

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