Latin Legal Terms
Definitions and South-African-law usage notes for the Latin terms judges, lawyers, and textbooks routinely cite. Free, indexed, and updated as new terms are curated from our source library.
- inter aliabetween other things or items.
A phrase from South African law where ‘inter alia’ refers to a selection and/or modification of other provisions or matters without altering the legislative intent or purpose of the law, as in (for example):
#legal-lexicography#South-African-law - justa causajust cause; lawful or sufficient reason
In South African legal usage, iusta causa refers to a legally sufficient reason or proper ground for an act, claim, or legal consequence. It commonly appears in discussions of enrichment, possession, and transfer, where
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