Latin for Lawyers

PACIFIST

PACIFIST [L. pacificare / to appease, pacify, make peace] A person who refuses to serve in the armed forces of his country because of his conviction that war is wrong. One who believes that wars should be out lawed. PACTA SUNT SERVANDA [L. paciscor , pacisci / to make a bargain, to agree + esse / to be + servare / to keep, retain] Agreements exist to be kept. PACTUM [L. paciscor , pacisci / to make a bargain, to covenant, to agree] A pact, contract or agreement. PALIMONY [formed by the addition of the word pal to the word alimony , which derives in turn from the L. alimonia / nourishment, sustenance] The extension of support and maintenance from one party to another in a non-marital but intimate continuing relationship, whether such extension is the result of agreement or of award by a court. The courts will enforce agree ments of support although no marital relationship exists, and, even in the absence of an agreement, will look to the details of the relationship to deter mine whether an agreement or a constructive or resulting trust should be implied. See ALIMONY PANDECTS [L. the digest of Roman civil laws which was created from the writings of Roman legal scholars and was first published as a set of fifty books in 533 A.D.] A complete code of the laws of a country. Also, a broad, comprehensive trea tise covering an entire subject. PANDER, PANDERER [L. pandere / to bow, bend before, extend, throw open] To cater to or exploit the weaknesses of others. To act as a pimp or procurer of prostitutes. To induce a minor or an adult female to engage in prostitution. To sell or distribute graphic or printed materials which appeal to prurient

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