Vocabulary

perpetrate, beyond the powers of ultra vires

of full legal capacity sui juris

by itself, by or through himself per se

a mutual consideration; tit for tat quid pro quo

among other things inter alia

the buyer is responsible for checking a purchase caveat emptor

capable of crime capax doli

things which are said in passing obiter dicta

a deed to which there are two or more parties indenture

the reason for the decision ratio decidendi

by speaking viva voce

sane compos mentis

in a class of its own sui generis

between living people, during life inter vivos

among themselves inter se

a legal remedy against wrongful imprisonment habeas corpus

by this fact, in itself ipsos facto

for each person per capita

as things seem at firs prima facie

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