Latin for Lawyers

DEI JUDICIUM

DEI JUDICIUM

The judgment of God. DE INIURIA SUA PROPRIA ABSQUE TALI CAUSA See DE INJURIA DE INJURIA [L. de + iniuria / injury, injustice, wrong]

Abbreviation for the full phrase de iniuria sua propria absque tali causa. This was the plea entered by a tort defendant when he was willing to admit that he had committed the injury to the plaintiff but wanted also to assert facts by way of justification, excuse or mitigation. DE INJURIA SUA (Resulting) from his own wrongful act. DE JUDICIIS Concerning judicial proceedings. DE JURE [L. de + ius, iuris / right, law] By right, by justice, by force of law. Lawful; legitimate. The valid, lawful power to do or perform a given act. Contrasted with de facto. De facto segre gation is segregation which exists as a matter of practice, fact and history; de jure segration is segregation imposed or created by a law or statute. A de jure corporation is a corporation created by the state after observing and fulfilling all legal requirements. A de facto corporation is one which conducts its busi ness as though it had all the requisite authority but which does not in fact have it. See DE FACTO DE JURE COMMUNI At common law. DEL CREDERE [L. de + credere / to trust, entrust, commit] An agency built on trust. An agency in which a seller’s agent is entrusted with custody of goods and the authority to deliver them to a buyer in exchange for payment. Also, a transaction in which one who acts as agent for another in the sale of an item guarantees the credit of the purchaser, usually for an extra sales commission. A del credere agent acts as surety for the benefit of his principal in transactions with third-parties. See AGENCY DEL CREDERE

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