Latin Vocabulary in Law
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Latin phrases can be found all over modern society, but probably no area more so than the law. Even the word jurisprudence derives from Latin, and lawyers throw around Latin phrases all the time. Mens rea! Alibi! Subpoena! Bona fide! De facto! In absentia! Modus operandi! Want to learn a bunch of these and what they mean? Of course you do, let's go. Script by Patrizia Farina, Professor of Italian at Western Connecticut State University and Purchase College. Watch the whole Latin playlist: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveLatin Italian Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveItalian American History Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveAmericanHistory Philosophy Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhilo Classical Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics1 Modern Physics Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDavePhysics2 General Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveGenChem Organic Chemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveOrgChem Biochemistry Tutorials: http://bit.ly/ProfDaveBiochem Biology Tutorials: ht
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