Legal Maxims-I

LEGAL MAXIMS (A,B)

Ab imo pictore (L) => from the heart’s bottom

Ab incunabulis (L) => from the cradle

Ab initio (L) => from the beginning

Absente reo (L) => the accused being absent

A capite ad calcen (L) => from head to heal

A dato (L) => from date

Ad extremum (L) => to the last

Ad finem (L) => to the end

Ad hoc (L) => for that special aim

A die (L) => from that day

A hominem (L) => personal

Ad litem (L) => for a suit

Ad literom (L) => to the letter

A’ la lettre (Fr) => to the letter

Ad manum (L) => ready

A’ la main (Fr) => ready

Affaire d’amour (Fr) => a love affair

Aldee (Fr) => a village

Amant (fem. Amante) (Fr) => a lover

Arbitrium (L) => power of decision

Audi alteram partem (L) => hear the other side

Audita querela (L) => the suit having been heard

Biennium (L) => period of two years

Billet d’ amour (Fr) => love letter

Bon avocat mauvais voisin (Fr) => a good lawyer is a bad neighbor

Brune (Fr) => a dark girl or woman

Burchen schaft (Ger) => an association of students