Latin for Lawyers

L ATIN FOR L AWYERS

or convicted of crime in the latter, to permit his trial or punishment. Extradi tion is usually controlled by a treaty between nations. Article IV, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution requires each state to deliver up to another state from which he has fled, any person charged with treason, felony, or other crime. (See THE UNIFORM CRIMINAL EXTRADITION ACT adopted by many states of the United States.) EXTRA JUDICIUM [L. extra +iudicium / trial or legal investigation] Out of Court; out of the proper legal channels; without a court’s intervention; extrajudicial. EXTRA JUS [L. extra + ius / right, law] Beyond or outside the law. Not within the scope of the law. More than the law demands. EXTRA LEGEM [L. extra + lex, legis / contract, rule, law] Outside the law. Beyond the protection of the law. EXTRA LEGEM POSITUS Placed outside the law. Subjected to civil death. As punishment for treason or other high crime, a defendant was deprived of such rights as the right to serve as witness, the right to sue, the right to vote, and the other rights of citizen ship. EXTRA LEGEM POSITUS EST CIVILITER MORTUUS A person outlawed for his crimes is civilly dead. EXTRAMURAL [L. extra + muralis / the wall around a city] Outside the proper scope. Activities outside the regular scope or function of an organization. In the case of a municipal corporation, powers exercised out side of corporate limits or boundaries. In the case of a school, student activi ties outside of the classroom. EXTRATERRITORIAL [L. extra + territorium / the area included in or belonging to a town] Outside the boundaries of a state or country. Extraterritoriality is the privi lege extended to ministers or representatives of a foreign country to be free or immune from the effect or consequences of the domestic laws of the country they are assigned to. The exercise of this privilege often brings the foreign representative into conflict with local police authorities. EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION The power of a court to extend its reach or jurisdiction beyond the limits of the state or country in which it sits; e.g., through the use of long-arm statutes.

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