Latin for Lawyers

L ATIN FOR L AWYERS

ciary’s need for food and clothing. Also, the allowance (alimony) given to a woman by her husband after a divorce a mensa et thoro . See A MENSA ET THORO ESTUARY [L. aestus / boiling, seething] The place at which a stream or river flows into the sea and meets the seatide; the enlarged mouth of such a stream. ET AL [L. abbreviation for et alius / and another, and of et alii / and others] Used following the first name in the caption of a case to indicate that other parties are involved and to avoid the listing of these other names. ET CETERA (ETC.) [L. et / and + ceterus / the other, the rest] And so forth; and more of the same. And others of the same kind. ETHICS [L. and Greek ethice / moral philosophy] A system or code defining the proper and improper conduct of a society or a professional or commercial group or activity. A codification of what is per ceived as good and moral and what is seen as bad, immoral or unacceptable; e.g., the canons of legal and judicial ethics adopted by the American Bar Association and other associations of lawyers. ET NON And not. Used to make negative a phrase or name which follows. ET SEQUITUR (ET SEQ.) [L. et + sequor, sequi / to follow] And the following; and as follows. Used to indicate that notes or pages of a text follow sequentially after a specified number or that one element of a list follows another. ET UXOR (ET UX.) [L. et + uxor / wife, spouse] And his wife. Used in conveyances and deeds to indicate that husband and wife are joining in the conveyance to or from them. EVADE, EVASIVE [L. evadere / to go forth, go out] To elude. To escape or slip away. To be elusive; to avoid responding. To avoid through neglect or artifice. To fail to pay. EVICT, EVICTION [L. evinco, evincere / to overwhelm, conquer, subdue] To recover possession of property through legal process or intervention. To remove or dispossess a tenant.

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