Legal latin terms:

1. Amicus curiae- someone who is not a party to a case and is not solicited by a party, but who
assists a court by offering information that bears on the case; Amici, plural form.
2. Movant- a person who applies to or petitions a court or judge for a ruling in his or her favor.
3. Motu proprio- on its own impulse
4. casus omissus- a case omitted is to be held as intentionally omitted."
5. Ubi jus ibi remedium- where there is a right, there is a remedy.
6. Res Ipsa Loquitor- Thinh speaks for itself
7. Damnum Absque Injuria- Although there was a damage but there was no legal injury
8. Trial de no vo- a trial that has not even began.
9. sui juris- independent; of age or with discernment
10. Modus Operandi- "way of operating," which may prove the accused has a pattern of repeating
the same criminal acts using the same method.
11. An ex parte decision is one decided by a judge without requiring all of the parties to the
controversy to be present.