1. UNDERSTANDING LATIN LEGALESE

2. WORDORIGINAL MEANING MODERN MEANING affidavithe pledgeda sworn, written statement bona fide(in) good faithsincere, genuine habeas corpusmay you have the body bring a person before a court per diemper day, by the day daily pro bonofor the gooddone for free for the public good status quothe existing condition or state of affairs how things are currently sub poenaunder the penalty an order commanding a person to appear in court under a penalty for not appearing 1

3. ad hocto thisfor a specific purpose, case, or situation corpus delictibody of the crime material evidence in a crime de factofrom the factin reality; actually; in effect de iurefrom the lawaccording to law; by right ad infinitumforever in absentiain (his/her) absence in camerain a roomin private; no spectators allowed in loco parentisin the place of a parent 2

4. ipso factoby the fact itselfby that very fact locus delictiscene of the crime scene where a crime took place modus operandimode of working method of operating nolo contendereI do not wish to contend a plea by the defendant that’s equivalent to an admission of guilt (and leaves him subject to punishment) but allows him the legal option to deny the charges later prima facieat first faceat first sight pro formafor the sake of form done as formality, done for the show 3

5. quid pro quothis for thatsomething for something; tit for tat; an equal exchange a mensa at torofor table and bedlegal separation casus bellioccasion of waran event that justifies a war cui bonofor whom the good whom does it benefit? (in) flagrante delicto while the crime is burning red-handed, in the act inter aliaamong other things mutatis mutandis having charged what must be changed after making the necessary changes non compos mentis not of sound mindmentally incompetent obiter dictumsomething said in passing something a judge says in arguing a point, but has no bearing on the final decision 4

6. onus probandi burden of proving burden of proof perdente litewhile judgment is pending a case in progress res ipsa loquitur the matter itself speaks it goes without saying sine qua nonwithout which not an indispensable condition; a prerequisite sine diewithout a daypostponed indefinitely sub judiceunder the judge pending judgment ultra viresbeyond strength outside one’s jurisdiction 5