Latin Terms and Phrases - Chancery Law Chronicles

Latin terms and phrases are crucial in the study of law and in the interpretation of statutes in any jurisdiction. Presentation of these terms and phrases in lucid and plain languages is also very important and obviously helpful for the people having interest on law. The matter deserves more appeal in countries like Bangladesh where there are lack of ready-made and available resources in the market. In this segment, equivalent English meaning of different Latin terms and phrases as frequently used in the study of law are considered in plain and lucid language.

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Title	Details	Hits

Amiables compositeurs	Agreements permiting the arbitrators to decide the dispute according to the legal principles they believe...	308
Consensus ad idem	Agreement on an idea. According to this concept, parties to a contract must agree on the terms of the...	365
Post mortem	After death.	215
Certiorari	A writ of certiorari is a form of judicial review whereby a court is asked to consider a legal decision...	318
De bonis non / de bonis non administrati	A word used exclusively in estate matters and refers to situations where an estate is abandoned by an...	357
Res Judicata Pro veritate Accipitur	A thing adjudicated is received as the truth. A judicial decision is conclusive as between the parties,...	314
Cestui que	A shortened version of "cestui a que use le feoffment fuit fait," literally, "The person for whose use...	360
Estopple	A rule of evidence which precludes a person from denying the truth of some statement made by him of the...	442
Quasi-contract	A quasi-contract is not a contract though it seems to be a contract. A contract that means that a man...	247
Decree nisi	A provisional decision of a court which does not have force or effect until a certain condition is met...	376