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status quo ante

status quo ante [Latin, state in which previously] : the state of affairs that existed previously [rescind the contract and restore the parties to the status quo ante] ...


Sauba ant

A South American ant OEligcodoma cephalotes remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones and for the immense size of its formicaries The sauba ant cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests and thus often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated plants...


Ab ante

Ab ante, means beforehand, in advance, also termed as ab antecedent, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 2....


Ante

Ante, occurring in a report or a text-book, is used to refer the reader to a previous part of the book....


Ante litem motam

Ante litem motam [Lat.] (before litigation commenced)....


Ante-nuptial

Ante-nuptial, before marriage....


Cui ante divortium

Cui ante divortium (to whom before divorce). A writ for a woman divorced from her husband to recover her lands and tenements which she had in fee simple or in tail, or for life, from him to whom her husband alienated them during the marriage, when she could not gainsay it, Reg. Brev. 233. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27, s. 36....


Extortio est crimen quando quis colore officii extorquet quod non est debitum, vel supra debitum, vel ante tempus quod est debitum

Extortio est crimen quando quis colore officii extorquet quod non est debitum, vel supra debitum, vel ante tempus quod est debitum. 10 Rep. 102-(Extortion is that crime when, by colour of office, any person extorts that which is not due, or more than is due, or before the time when it is due.)...


Minor ante tempus agere non potest in casu proprietatis, nec etiam convenire; differetur usque etatem; sed non cadit breve

Minor ante tempus agere non potest in casu proprietatis, nec etiam convenire; differetur usque etatem; sed non cadit breve [Lat.], a minor before majority cannot act in a case of property, not even to agree; it should be deferred until majority; but a writ does not fail....


Patem aliquam recte intelligere nemo potest, ante-quam totum iterum atque iterum perlegerit

Patem aliquam recte intelligere nemo potest, ante-quam totum iterum atque iterum perlegerit [Lat.], no one can rightly understand any part until he has read the whole again and again....


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