Mirabile visu - [literally, wonderful to see] wonderful to behold. A posteriori - adj. and adv. [literally, from the latter] inductive; relating to or derived by reasoning from observed facts.
Per capita - adv. or adj. [literally, by heads] equally to each individual; per unit of population: by or for each person per capita of any state in the union.
A posteriori - adj. and adv. [literally, from the latter] inductive; relating to or derived by reasoning from observed facts.
Ex parte - adv. or adj. [literally, from part] on or from one side or party only--used of legal proceedings; from a one-sided or partisan point of view.
Nolo contendere - n. [literally, I do not wish to contend] a plea in a criminal prosecution that without admitting guilt subjects the defendant to conviction but does not preclude denying the truth of the charges in a collateral proceeding.
Pax - n. esp, cap: a period of general stability in international affairs under the influence of a dominant military power--usu. used in combination with a latinized name (Pax Americana, Pax Brittanica, Pax Romana).
Pro forma -adj [literally, for form] made or carried out in a perfunctory manner or as a formality; provided in advance to prescribe form or describe items .
Post mortem - [literally, after death] adj. occuring or done after death; pertaining to a post-mortem examination; n. a post-mortem examination, esp. an autopsy.
Per capita - adv. or adj. [literally, by heads] equally to each individual; per unit of population: by or for each person per capita of any state in the union.
Floruit - n. [literally, he flourished] a period of flourishing (as of a person or movement).
Res ipsa loquitur - [literally, the affair itself speaks] the affair speaks for itself.
Res ipsa loquitur - [literally, the affair itself speaks] the affair speaks for itself.
Pro forma -adj [literally, for form] made or carried out in a perfunctory manner or as a formality; provided in advance to prescribe form or describe items .
Casus belli - n., sing. and pl. [literally, occasion of war] an event or action that justifies or allegedly justifies a war or conflict.
In camera - adv. [literally, in a chamber] in private: secretly.
A priori - adj. and adv. [literally, from the former] deductive; relating to or derived by reasoning from self-evident propositions; presupposed by experience; being without examination or analysis; presumptive; formed or conceived beforehand.
Non sequitur - n. [literally, it does not follow] an inference that does not follow from the premises; specif: a fallacy resulting from a simple conversion of a universal affirmative proposition or from the transposition of a condition and its consequent; a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from anything previously said.
Et cetera [literally, and the rest] and others esp. of the same kind: and so forth; abbreviated as etc.
Post mortem - [literally, after death] adj. occuring or done after death; pertaining to a post-mortem examination; n. a post-mortem examination, esp. an autopsy.
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