Latin Phrases (ex post facto...vivit post)

Latin Phrases

ex post facto

after the fact (realized in hindsight)

de facto

from fact (something that happens in practice, but is not really established by law)

de jure

from law (something established by law)

pro se

for himself (to represent yourself as your own lawyer)

(motion) in limine

in the threshold/entrance/beginning

(writ of) certiorari

(document) to be informed

deo volente (d.v.)

with God willing

volo, non valeo

I am willing, but not able

malo mori quam foedari

I prefer to die rather than be dishonered

vivit post funera virtus

Character lives on after death