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A legal maxim related to property ownership laws, often shortened to simply sic utere ("use it thus"). sic vita est: thus is life: Or "such is life". Indicates that a circumstance, whether good or bad, is an inherent aspect of living. sic vos non vobis mellificates apes: Thus you not for yourselves make honey, bees.
Spoken aloud in some British public (paid) schools by pupils to warn each other of impending authority. cave canem: Beware of the dog: Earliest written example is in the Satyricon of Petronius, circa 1st century C.E. caveat emptor: let the buyer beware: The purchaser is responsible for checking whether the goods suit his need.
nomen amicitiae sic, quatenus expedit, haeret: the name of friendship lasts just so long as it is profitable: Petronius, Satyricon, 80. nomen dubium: doubtful name: A scientific name of unknown or doubtful application. nomen est omen: the name is a sign: Thus, "true to its name". nomen nescio (N.N.) I do not know the name
38. “Life must be lived as play.” 39. “No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.” 40. “Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the ...
But a life built upon those things alone leaves a shallow legacy. In the end, we will be judged by other standards." 40. "If you are outraged by conditions, then you have got to do something about it.
Use of sic greatly increased in the mid-20th century. [8] For example, in United States state-court opinions before 1944, sic appeared 1,239 times in the Westlaw database; in those from 1945 to 1990, it appeared 69,168 times, over 55 times as many. [2] Its use as a form of ridicule has been cited as a major factor in this increase. [2]
Used to indicate that a person is signing a document on behalf of another person. Correctly placed before the name of the person signing, but often placed before the name of the person on whose behalf the document is signed, sometimes through incorrect translation of the alternative abbreviation per pro. as "for and on behalf of". per quod
Severing a limb from a live animal and eating it was forbidden (Genesis 9:4), cattle were to be rested on Biblical Sabbath (Exodus 20:10; 23:12), a cow and her calf were not to be killed on the same day (Leviticus 22:28), a person had to feed his animals before himself (Deuteronomy 11:15), animal suffering had to be relieved (Deuteronomy 22:4 ...