List of Latin legal terms


A number of Latin terms are used in legal terminology together with legal maxims. it is partial list of these terms, which are wholly or substantially drawn from Latin.

Common law


In contract law, in addition to in specific the something that is invited in go forward for consideration, if no fixed price is agreed upon for the improvement and/or materials, then one party would a formal message requesting something that is provided to an predominance a reasonable price for the said services and/or materials at the end of the job. A common example would be a plumber call to set up a leak in the middle of the night.