Foreign Words and Expressions PDF

Foreign Words used in English Language Words Meaning Ultra vires Beyond the powers Bona fide In good faith Innuendo Indirect reference Quid pro quo Something in return De...

Foreign Words used in English Language Words Meaning Ultra vires Beyond the powers Bona fide In good faith Innuendo Indirect reference Quid pro quo Something in return De facto Actual Pro rata In proportion Sine die Without setting a fixed day Ab initio From the very beginning Intra vires Within the powers Vice versa The other way round Status quo Present condition Prima facie At first view Ipso facto By reason of that fact Ex gratia Payment made out of generosity Ad Valorem According to value Status quo The state in which things are Ad interim In the meantime Quasi As if it were Volte face To face about Ex post facto By a subsequent act Caveat A warning Exempli gratia By way of example Vis-à-vis Face-to-face Force majeure Superior power De Jure Concerning law Per jure To lie Amicus curiae Friend of court or lawyer appointed by a court Alibi Else where Voxpopuli Popular opinion Subpoena Summons Lextallienis Unwritten law Tour-de-force Masterpiece Sub judice Under consideration of court of law Force majeure An inevitable event Ex facie In the light of what is apparent In curia In open court Tete-a-tete A private conversation Fait Accompli Accomplished fact Lexfori The law of the forum or court Lalfeasance Wrong doing Modus operandi Way of doing something Inter alia Among other things Inter vivos Between living persons Coup d’etat An abrupt change of government by force Mala fide Bad intention Vini, Vidi, Vice I came, I saw, I conquered El Dorado An imaginary place Tabula rasa Clean slate Raison d’etre Reason for existence In toto On the whole