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.

error-in-persona
(not Latin)
This phrase is not a Latin legal term.
#civil-law#constitutional#procedure
Prima facie
at first face; on first appearance
In South African law, prima facie refers to evidence or a case that is sufficient on its face to establish a fact or support a claim unless it is rebutted. It does not mean conclusive proof, but rather a threshold showin
#procedure#evidence#civil