Latin Terms and Phrases - A

Latin Terms and Phrases - A

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Pro rataIn proportion.264
Pro tantoto the extent specified265
Pro tempore / pro temfor the time being.265
Quando lex aliquid alicul concedit conceWhen law gives a person anything it gives him that without which it can not exist.306
Quantum meruitReasonable value of services266
QuasiThe term ‘quasi’ used before a noun makes the application of that noun flexible to some extent. The...289
Quasi-contractA quasi-contract is not a contract though it seems to be a contract. A contract that means that a man...306
Quo warranto The meaning of the term is ‘by what authority’. A prerogative writ issued by the Crown against one...332
Ratio Decidendi The reasons for the decision; the essential legal reasoning for the decision in a case. The binding precedent...326
Res judicata “A matter which is adjudicated cannot be readjudicated”. The legal principle common to many municipal...343