Latin for Lawyers

IPSO JURE [L. ipse + ius, iuris / law, right] From the law itself; merely because of the law. IRA FUROR BREVIS EST [L. ira / wrath, anger + furor / madness + brevis / short (in time) + esse / to be] Anger is a kind of brief insanity. Anger is a form of insanity. IRA MOTUS [L. ira / anger + moto, motare, motus / motion, emotion] Moved by anger. Responding to or acting in anger. IRRATIONAL [L. in / not + ratio (calculation), rationalis (reasonable, ratio nal)] Not possessing reason or understanding. Without mental clarity. Lacking the power to reason or understand. Manifesting ignorance of facts necessary for a sound decision. Arbitrary. IRREPARABLE [L. in / not + reparo, reparare / to restore, renew, repair] Incapable of repair. Impossible to make whole or undo. A party threatened with irreparable injury to his property or to a vital interest may invoke the remedy of a preliminary injunction. For these purposes, irreparable injury means any harm which cannot be adequately compensated in money. IRRESISTIBLE [L. in / not + resisto, resistere / to stand again; to oppose, resist, withstand] Impossible to avoid or resist. Inescapable. An irresistible force is an unfore seeable event external to the provisions of a contract which cannot be avoided and which prevents a party from performing his obligations under the con tract. An irresistible impulse is an urge which overcomes all reason and which is produced under mental disease or defect; in some jurisdictions, irre sistible urge is a basis for an insanity plea in a criminal action. IRREVERSIBLE [L. in / not + reverto, revertere / to turn back] Incapable of being reversed or undone. A course of action or a decision may be irreversible . IRREVOCABLE [L. in + revocare / to call back, to recall] Incapable of being changed or reversed. Not capable of being reversed or pulled back by one party. An irrevocable offer is an offer which cannot be revoked. An irrevocable letter of credit is a commitment to pay which remains outstanding until it is utilized by the beneficiary. ISSUE [L. exeo, exire / to go out, go away] To put forth or distribute, as a statement or a document. To proclaim, as a declaration. To put into circulation, as currency. The first delivery of a secu-

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