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An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
According to legend, the words spoken by the cardinal verifying that a newly-elected pope was a man, in a test employed after the reign of pope Joan. dura lex sed lex [the] law [is] harsh, but [it is the] law: A shortening of quod quidem perquam durum est, sed ita lex scripta est ("which indeed is extremely harsh, but thus was the law written").
estate. Landed property, tenement of land, especially with respect to an easement (servitude). 2 types: praedium dominans - dominant estate (aka dominant tenement) praedium serviens - servient estate (aka servient tenement) praeemptio. previous purchase. Right of first refusal. praesumptio. presumption.
Idem sonans. Idem sonans is a legal doctrine whereby a person's identity is presumed known despite the misspelling of his or her name, if the misspelled name sounds the same when pronounced. Such similar-sounding words are called homonyms, while similar-sounding phrases or names are holorimes. In Latin it means "sounding the same." [ 1 ]
Another is a legal term, referring to the indefinite postponing of a case, "until Elijah comes". Hindi - The common phrases are (1) सूरज पश्चिम से उगा है ("sun has risen from the west") and (2) बिन मौसम की बरसात ("when it rains when it's not the season to rain"). The second one is ...
Possession is nine-tenths of the law is an expression meaning that ownership is easier to maintain if one has possession of something, or difficult to enforce if one does not. The expression is also stated as "possession is ten points of the law", which is credited as derived from the Scottish expression "possession is eleven points in the law ...
Puffery. 1881 Italian ad for Cannabis indica cigarillos, promising to "stop the most violent attacks of asthma, nervous cough, colds, extinction of voice, facial neuralgia and insomnia, and to combat all laryngeal and respiratory ailments." In colloquial language, puffery refers to exaggerated or false praise. [1]
Informal legal terminology. This category is for words and phrases related to the execution of justice (possibly in some specific understanding), but which lie outside the formal legal definition.