chet_mccormick_courtrep_4|How to Read Back and Testify|Legal Terminology

Home > How to Read Back and Testify > Legal Terminology >

How to Read Back and Testify
Legal Terminology

Learn the following legal terms and then fill in the proper legal term in the sentences that follow:

The Latin word lex means law; a lexicon is a law dictionary.
Lex loci contractus means the law of the place where a contract is made.
The Latin word fori means forum. Lex fori means the law of the state, county, or jurisdiction.
Lex loci domicilii refers to the law of the place of domicile.
Lex talionis is the ancient law of retaliation.
A Latin expression for civil law is lex civile.
Lex non curat de minimis is translated: "The law will not deal with trifles."
Lex mercatoria is the system of laws adopted by commercial nations to deal with trading.
Lex loci delicti means the location where a crime took place.
Lex scripta refer to the written law.

Now fill in the proper legal terms in the following sentences.

1 .
The law that came from the belief in exacting an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, based upon retaliation is .

2 .
The Latin for a law dictionary is .

3 .
A body of law dealing with commercial traders or merchants and their transactions is .

4 .
When referring to the court as a public forum, the Latin phrase for the law of the court is .

5 .
The Latin phrase for the law of one's place of residence is .

6 .
The Latin phrase that states that the law will not bother itself with things of little importance is .

7 .
The rights of parties to a contract are governed in bringing an action under the .

8 .
Law that derives its force from the written law is .

9 .
The Latin phrase for civil law is .

10 .
The Latin phrase for the law of the place where a crime took place is .

Legal and Privacy Terms