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The phrase is used in tort law as a measure of damages inflicted, implying that a remedy (if one exists) ought to correspond specifically and only to the damage suffered. cf. damnum absque iniuria. ad referendum (ad ref) to reference: i.e., subject to be proposed, provisionally approved, but still needing official approval. Not the same as a ...
This is a list of Wikipedia articles of Latin phrases and their translation into English. To view all phrases on a single, lengthy document, see: List of Latin phrases (full) The list is also divided alphabetically into twenty pages:
The phrase is used in tort law as a measure of damages inflicted, implying that a remedy (if one exists) ought to correspond specifically and only to the damage suffered. cf. damnum absque iniuria. ad referendum (ad ref) to reference: i.e., subject to be proposed, provisionally approved, but still needing official approval. Not the same as a ...
Phrase describing scorched earth tactics. Also rendered as igne atque ferro, ferro ignique, and other variations. ignis aurum probat: fire tests gold: Phrase referring to the refining of character through difficult circumstances ignis fatuus: foolish fire: Will-o'-the-wisp.
A non-traditional Latin rendering, temet nosce (thine own self know), is translated in The Matrix as "know thyself". noscitur a sociis: a word is known by the company it keeps: In statutory interpretation, when a word is ambiguous, its meaning may be determined by reference to the rest of the statute. noster nostri: Literally "Our ours"
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Exempli gratiā is usually abbreviated "e. g." or "e.g." (less commonly, ex. gr.).The abbreviation "e.g." is often interpreted (Anglicised) as 'example given'. The plural exemplōrum gratiā to refer to multiple examples (separated by commas) is now not in frequent use; when used, it may be seen abbreviated as "ee.g." or even "ee.gg.", corresponding to the practice of doubling plurals in Latin ...
From this, the phrase was expanded to pecunia non olet, or rarely aes non olet ("copper doesn't smell"). pecunia, si uti scis, ancilla est; si nescis, domina: if you know how to use money, money is your slave; if you don't, money is your master: Written on an old Latin tablet in downtown Verona (Italy). pede poena claudo: punishment comes limping