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Legal terms you really love

Post by MisterChase » Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:32 pm

God, I love me some "anticipatory repudiation". Such an awesome term.

Another is sua sponte. Sexy term.
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Post by Wavelet » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:14 pm

"Lawyer," which is Latin for "liar."
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Post by Grizz » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:42 pm

Consideration
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Post by Burger in a can » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:52 pm

Wavelet wrote:"Lawyer," which is Latin for "liar."
I can't tell if you're joking, but just wanted to say that this isn't true.

Also, I like "interlocutory"
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Post by isaiah6v8 » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:54 pm

nudum pactum
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Post by Neverknowsbest » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:56 pm

simultaneous death clause
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Post by presh » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:57 pm

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Post by traehekat » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:27 am

priori incantatum and expecto patronum are my favorites, so far.
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Post by dood » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:32 am

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Post by Lawl Shcool » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:33 am

objection relevance
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Post by forty-two » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:37 am

traehekat wrote:priori incantatum and expecto patronum are my favorites, so far.
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Post by D. H2Oman » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:39 am

Burger in a can wrote:
Wavelet wrote:"Lawyer," which is Latin for "liar."
I can't tell if you're joking, but just wanted to say that this isn't true.

Also, I like "interlocutory"

Incorrect, you must have never taken Latin.
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Re: Legal terms you really love

Post by Grizz » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:44 am

Favorite legal phrase - Lucy v. Zehmer - "high as a Georgia Pine"
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Post by MisterChase » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:54 am

I also like Promissory estoppel

"Baby... I know I promised I'd [insert some kinky fetish] tonight, but I just said that so you'd do the dishes. Sorry.."

"Well, according to section 456, Rule 4(e)(xvii) of the Fucking Rules of Domestic Procedure, I have the right to exercise the doctrine of promissory estoppel on your ass. Now where's the lube?"
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Post by Burger in a can » Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:03 am

D. H2Oman wrote:
Burger in a can wrote:
Wavelet wrote:"Lawyer," which is Latin for "liar."
I can't tell if you're joking, but just wanted to say that this isn't true.

Also, I like "interlocutory"

Incorrect, you must have never taken Latin.
I did take latin. If you claim to have taken latin, I will call you a mendax.

Lawyer is English. One who saws wood is a sawyer because sawer was difficult to pronounce in old English. one who practices law is not a lawer, but a lawyer.

or, if you prefer, from wiktionary: Spelling attested since 1611 of Middle English lawiere, recorded since 1377, itself from lawe "law" + -iere.
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Post by rynabrius » Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:06 am

Ultra vires.
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Post by ak362 » Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:10 am

Sua sponte and arguendo.
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Post by CardozoLaw09 » Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:15 am

Quantum Meruit
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Post by rynabrius » Tue Sep 07, 2010 2:35 am

"Other good and valuable considerations."
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Post by Grizz » Tue Sep 07, 2010 2:44 am

rynabrius wrote:"Other good and valuable considerations."
in re Greene?
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Post by rynabrius » Tue Sep 07, 2010 2:53 am

rad law wrote:
rynabrius wrote:"Other good and valuable considerations."
in re Greene?
Bingo.

I also like in pari delicto and malum in se.

Also the distinction between misfeasance, malfeasance, and nonfeasance.
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Re: Legal terms you really love

Post by PDaddy » Tue Sep 07, 2010 2:55 am

How about "duces tecum"...sounds like "take 'em twice", only backwards...or legal "peace".

I also love the term "pro se". If you represent yourself, you are usually anything but a pro. In fact, you're usually a fool. But I suppose you might "se" you think are a "pro".
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Post by Jockin Jay-Z » Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:46 am

Criminal conversation.
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Post by 20160810 » Tue Sep 07, 2010 3:57 am

"Touch and concern"
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Post by Encyclopedia Brown » Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:14 am

Tortfeasor.
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