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1. de son tort, phr. View full entry 1670
...By his own wrongdoing, without authorization; spec. in phrases, e.g. executor de son tort (see executor3b), de son tort demesne (see quot. ...
2. nemo dat quod non habet, phr. View full entry a1674
...‘No one can give what he or she does not have’; used to express the general principle that a person who does not own property or goods cannot sell them or confer...
3. non est inventus, phr. and n. View full entry c1475
...‘The person is not to be found’: a phrase used by a sheriff in returning a writ, as a statement that the defendant is not to be found in the sheriff's jurisdiction....
4. † non inventus, phr. and adj. View full entry 1637
...Law. = non est inventus...
5. non liquet, n., phr., and adj. View full entry 1605
...Chiefly Law. A verdict of non liquet (see sense B.), given in cases of doubt. Also (in extended use): a condition of doubt or uncertainty....
6. noscitur a sociis, phr. View full entry 1749
...‘A man is known by the company he keeps’; the proverb ‘noscitur a sociis’ expressing this....
7. † O. Ni., phr. (and n.1) View full entry 1644
...Formerly used to mark the account of certain types of revenue in the Exchequer, recording the Exchequer's decision that the sheriff is to be held responsible to the King for the sums...
8. pacta sunt servanda, phr. View full entry 1855
...Agreements must be kept....
9. rectus in curia, phr. View full entry 1611
...Innocent, acquitted; right from a legal standpoint; having full legal rights (cf. legal1b). Also in extended use....
10. res inter alios acta, phr. View full entry 1678
...‘A thing done between others’: denoting proceedings, a transaction, etc., to which a given person or entity was not party....
11. res ipsa loquitur, phr. (and n.) View full entry 1618
...‘The thing speaks for itself’: used to suggest that something is self-evident....
12. respondeat superior, phr. View full entry a1634
...‘Let the superior answer’; the principle that an employer can be held liable for certain wrongs committed by an employee during the course of his or her employment....
13. shoo-fly, phr. and n. View full entry 1867
...A catchphrase, popularized by a song, used as an exclamation of annoyance. Obs....
14. vel non, phr. View full entry 1895
...Or not; or the lack thereof; freq. appended to the name of a condition or state regarding which there is uncertainty, or to indicate that the preceding noun should be taken as...
