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.
- solatiumconsolation; solace
In South African law, solatium refers to monetary compensation awarded for non-patrimonial harm, especially injured feelings, pain, suffering, or loss of amenities of life. The term is commonly encountered in delict and
#delict#constitutional#persons - stuprumdishonour; illicit sexual misconduct
Stuprum is a Roman-law term referring to unlawful or disgraceful sexual intercourse, historically used to denote illicit sexual conduct falling short of rape but still recognised as an injury or wrong. In South African l
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