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Details Title: Foreign Phrases Description: practical editing knowledge phrases Total Flash Cards: 31 Created: 03/21/2007 19:24:59	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term habeas corpus Definition a writ obtained from a judge to release a party from unlawful restraint Term flagrante delicto Definition caught in the act of the crime Term ipso facto Definition by that very fact Term jeu de mots Definition play on words Term laissez faire Definition economic free enterprise Term l'art pour l'art Definition art for art's sake Term mano a mano Definition one on one (head to head) Term mea culpa Definition my fault Term modus operandi Definition mode of operation (refers to criminal habits) Term nom de plume Definition pseudonym/ pen name Term non compos menti Definition not competent (in crime--not in control of mind/insane) Term non sequitor Definition logical fallacy "doesn't follow" Term por diem Definition per day Term persona non grata Definition unwelcome person (often in diplomatic sense) Term post mortem Definition after death Term pro bono publico Definition for the public good (professional work) Term pro patria Definition for the country Term que sera sera Definition what will be, will be Term quid pro quo Definition something for something (a more or less equal exchange) Term respondez s'il vous plait Definition RSVP; respond if you please Term requiescat in pace Definition may he/she rest in peace Term savoir fare Definition ability to say or do the right or graceful thing Term sic transit gloria mundi Definition fame is fleeting Term sine die Definition without day; refers to end of legistlative sessions w/ same members; also in legal community, no date set for trial Term sine qua non Definition essential action, condition, ingredient (but for) Term status quo Definition present state Term sui generis Definition unique/ in its own kind Term tempus fugit Definition times flies Term terra incognita Definition unknown territory Term veni, vidi, vici Definition came, saw, conquered Term vis-a-vis Definition face to face (in direct relation)