segunda-feira, 2 de fevereiro de 2009

Check your vocabulary for Law – Latin pair-up

Latin pair-up
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MANY LATIN EXPRESSIONS are used in British law, for example, corpus delicti is the proof that a crime has been committed. Match words from the two columns, A and B, to make 15 legal expressions which fit the definitions in the list. Each expression should consist of a word from box A followed by a word from Box B. The first one has been done for you as an example.
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Column A
Bona
Caveat
Compos
Doli
Habeas
Inter
Ipso
Obiter
Per
Prima
Sui
Toties
Vice
Viva
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Column B
Alia
Capax
Capita
Corpus
Dicta
Emptor
Facie
Facto
Fide
Generis
Mentis
Quoties
Versa
Vivos
Voce
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Definitions
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1. In good faith - ______bona fide_____
2. Among other things ______________
3. The buyer is responsible for checking a purchase ________________
4. Things which are said in passing _________
5. In the opposite way _________
6. By speaking ___________
7. Sane _____________
8. In a class of its own ________________
9. As often as necessary ______________
10. Between living people _____________
11. A legal remedy against wrongful imprisonment __________
12. By this fact, in itself ___________
13. Capable of crime _____________
14. For each person ______________
15. As things seem at first _______________
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Extension: Find three more Latin expressions in the dictionary and teach them to other students in the class.
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ANSWERS:
1. bona fide – 2. Inter alia – 3. caveat emptor – 4. obiter dicta – 5. vice versa – 6. viva voce – 7. compos mentis – 8. sui generis – 9. toties quoties – 10. inter vivos - 11. habeas corpus – 12. ipso facto – 13. doli capax – 14. per capita – 15. prima facie.

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