User:Alexpolino/sandbox
| Term/Phrase | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cadit quaestio | "The question falls." A legal term used to indicate that a settlement to a dispute has been reached. Abbreviated as "cq," the phrase is used in copy editing to indicate that a fact has been checked and found to be correct. |
| casus belli | "Event of war." Refers to the event (aggression, attack, et al.) that caused a declaration of war. |
| caveat | "Let him beware." A warning. |
| caveat emptor | "Let the buyer beware." Warns buyers of property and other merchandise to be aware of the quality of what they are buying as a seller will not always be held liable for defects discovered after the sale has been closed. |
| certiorari | "To be more fully informed." A writ seeking judicial review. |
| ceteris paribus | "With other things equal." |
| cogitationis poenam nemo patitur | "No one suffers punishment for mere intent." |
| compos mentis | "Of a composed mind." |
| conditio sine qua non | "Condition without with it could not be." |
| consensus facit legem | "Consent makes the law." |
| consuetudo pro lege servatur | "Custom is held as law." |
| contra | "Against." Used in citations to show that cited source gives position opposing author's point. |
| contra bonos mores | "Against good morals." |
| contra legem | "against the law." |
| Contradictio in adjecto | "A contradiction in terms." E.g. "A deafening silence." |
| contra proferentem | "He has sworn." A formal statement of fact. |
| coram non judice | "Another I." A second identity living within a person. |
| corpus | "from bed and table." Divorce a mensa et thoro indicates legal separation without legal divorce. |
| corpus delicti | "friend of the court." A person who offers information to a court regarding a case before it. |
| corpus juris | "mind of harming." The subjective state of mind of the author of a crime, with reference to the exact knowledge of illegal content of his behaviour, and of its possible consequences. |
| corpus juris civilis | "before." |
| corpus juris gentium | "For the sake of argument." |
| corpus juris secundum | "Hear the other side." Refers to the idea that one cannot be fairly judged unless the cases for and against them have been heard. |
| crimen falsi | |
| cui bono | |
| cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos | |
| crimen injuria | |
| cuius regio, eius religio | |
| curia advisari vult | |
| custos morum |