- a vinculo matrimoni: from the bond of marriage
- A.D.: in the year of our lord
- A.M.: before noon
- ad: to
- ale iacta est: the die is cast
- anno domini: in the year of our lord
- ante meridiem: before noon
- C: about
- carmina morte carent: songs do not die
- caveat emptor: let the buyer beware
- CF: compare
- circa: about
- compos mentis: sound or sane of mind
- confer: compare
- cum grano salis: with a grain of salt
- ET AL: and elsewhere
- et alibi: and elsewhere
- ex post facto: from what is done afterwards
- habeas corpus: thou shalt have the body
- inter nos: among us
- inter vivos: between the living
- mens sana in corpore sano: a sound mind in a sound body
- mirabile dictu: wonderful to tell
- modus vivendi: manner of living
- nil homini certum est: nothing is certain to man
- nisi: if not
- nolle prosequi: to be unwilling to prosecute
- nolo contendere: i do not wish to contend
- non compos mentis, non compos: not sound or sane of mind
- non prosequitur: he does not prosecute
- obiter dictum: something said along the way
- omnia praeclara rara: all the best things are rare
- P.M.: after noon
- per se: by itself
- possunt quia posse videntur: they can because they think they can
- post meridiem: after noon
- post scriptum: written after
- pro tempore: for the time
- sine qua non: something indispensable
- status quo: sate in which
- sui iuris: of one's own right
- versus: against
- virtus praemium est optimum: virtue is the best reward
- VS: against