Week 1

Question 1

Ad litem

Answer 1

For the suit

Question 2

Amicus curiae

Answer 2

Friend of the court

Question 3

Certiorari

Answer 3

To be more fully informed

Question 4

De novo

Answer 4

A new

Question 5

Ex parte

Answer 5

From the part

Question 6

Habeas corpus

Answer 6

That you have the body

Question 7

In camera

Answer 7

In a chamber

Question 8

In forma pauperis

Answer 8

In the manner of a pauper

Question 9

In re

Answer 9

In the matter of

Question 10

Mandamus

Answer 10

We command

Question 11

Per curiam

Answer 11

By the court as a whole

Question 12

Pro bono (publico)

Answer 12

For the public good

Question 13

Pro se

Answer 13

For oneself; on one’s own behalf; without a lawyer

Question 14

Sua sponte

Answer 14

Of one’s own accord; voluntarily

Question 15

Quasi

Answer 15

As if

Question 16

Qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur

Answer 16

Who as well for the king as for himself sues in this matter

Question 17

ab inito

Answer 17

from the beginning

Question 18

actus reus

Answer 18

an act in violation of the law; a guilty act

Question 19

ad absudum

Answer 19

to the point of absudity

Question 20

ad curiam

Answer 20

at court

Question 21

ad damnum

Answer 21

to the damage; amount of plaintiff’s loss

Question 22

additur

Answer 22

it is added; an amount added by the judge to jury damages

Question 23

ad hoc

Answer 23

for this; for one special purpose

Question 24

ad infinitum

Answer 24

for infinity forever

Question 25

ad interim

Answer 25

in the meantime

Question 26

ad libitum

Answer 26

at pleasure, at will

Question 27

ad litem

Answer 27

for the duration of the suit

Question 28

ad nauseam

Answer 28

to the point of nausea

Question 29

ad valorem

Answer 29

according to the value. e.g. Elaine had to pay ad-valorem tax on her furs

Question 30

a fortiori

Answer 30

with greater force

Question 31

alia

Answer 31

other things

Question 32

aliunde

Answer 32

from elsewhere; from another source

Question 33

alma mater

Answer 33

school or college which one has attended or graduated from

Question 34

alter ego

Answer 34

a second self; a trusted friend; opposite side of a personality

Question 35

amicus curiae

Answer 35

friend of the court; nonparty to a litigation that is allowed to advise the court re cogent matters of law or fact

Question 36

animus

Answer 36

mind; will; intention; hostility

Question 37

anno domini

Answer 37

(abbr. a.d.) in the year of the lord

Question 38

ante

Answer 38

before

Question 39

antebellum

Answer 39

existing before a war

Question 40

a posteriori

Answer 40

reasoning based on experience

Question 41

a priori

Answer 41

reasoning based on assumption

Question 42

arguendo

Answer 42

by arguing; for the sake of argument

Question 43

assumpsit

Answer 43

an action for breach of contract

Question 44

autrefois acquit

Answer 44

plea of former acquittal

Question 45

autrefois attaint

Answer 45

plea of former attainder (prosecution)

Question 46

autrefois convict

Answer 46

plea of former conviction

Question 47

bill to take testimony de bene esse

Answer 47

request to take certain testimony now because it may not be available later

Question 48

bona fide

Answer 48

in good faith; genuine

Question 49

bona fides

Answer 49

good faith

Question 50

capias

Answer 50

that you take; an arrest order. e.g., the judge issued a capias in order to pick up the defendant

Question 51

carte blanche

Answer 51

art blawnch) (white paper) unlimited authority

Question 52

causa mortis

Answer 52

in contemplation of death

Question 53

cause celebre

Answer 53

a trial or decision that is extraordinary for some reason

Question 54

caveat

Answer 54

(let him take heed) notice to court to suspend proceedings temporarily; proviso; provision

Question 55

caveat actor

Answer 55

let the doer beware

Question 56

caveat emptor

Answer 56

let the buyer beware