From the egg right up to the apples (from hors d’oeuvre to dessert). From the origin of the world.Īb ovo usque ad mala ( Horatius, Ars poetica). (Suspension) from duties and_remuneration.Īb origine. The inference is that what was said or done was not really intended but was the result of anger.Īb officio et beneficio. From the beginning esp.of contracts, etc, which are null and void from the beginning, as distinct from those which are voided or voidable.Īb intestato Law From a person who died intestate (without a will).Īb irato. From the depth of the heart.Īb inconvenienti (lit., “from the inconvenience”) Law Used to state that a position is untenable because of the hardship or inconvenience it would create.Īb initio temporis. By this man and this woman and that woman the talk of gossips such and such a person did or said this or that.Īb imo pectore. From outside not emanating from the mind.Īb hoc et ab hac et ab illa. Equivalent to “blood from a stone”.Īb extra. Inference from what has happened to what will happen is valid.Īb asino lanam (Seybold p.1). A legal maxim.Īb actu ad posse valet illatio. The abuse of a thing is no argument against its proper use. Establishing the validity of your argument by pointing out the absurdity of your opponent’s position.Īb abusu ad usum non valet consequentia. From the founding of the city (of Rome).Ī.u.n. The traditional date for the founding of Rome is 753 B.C. According to Bishop Ussher’s calculations, the world was created in 4004 B.C.Ī.N.C. This is computed by adding 4,000 years to A.D. In the year of the hegira (year of the Moslem calendar, dating from the flight of Mohammed from Mecca in 622 A.D.).Ī.H.S. This is calculated by adding 3,760 to the current year of the Christian era.Ī.H. According to his calculations, Christ was born in 754 A.U.C.Ī.H. In the sixth century, Dionysius Exiguus initiated the system of expressing dates by referring events to the birth of Christ. Indicates the number of years from the birth of Christ. A direction on prescriptions indicating that medicine should be taken before meals.Ī.D. deductive relating to or derived by reasoning from self-evident propositions presupposed by experience being without examination or analysis presumptive formed or conceived beforehand. Inductive relating to or derived by reasoning from observed facts. Eccles.(A cardinal legate) having plenipotentiary powersĪ mensa et toro Law (A dispensation to man & wife) from the obligation to cohabitĪ posteriori adj. A precipice in front, wolves behind (between a rock and a hard place).Ī latere. For a stronger reason all the more.Ī fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi. Salvation comes from the cross.Ī fortiori adj. A young ox learns to plow from an older one the young learn from their elders.Ī capite usque ad calcem. Classical Latin phrases or quotations and their English meaning.Ī bove majore discit arare minor.
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