key to the study guide - Name

legislation things like Acts, proclamations, regulations
and ordinances, whether of Parliament or of
subordinate legislative bodies, such as municipal
councils
lex law or legal rule
lex loci celebrationis (contractus) law of the place of celebration (where the
contract or marriage was entered into)
lex loci domicilii law of the place of domicile
litis contestatio moment when the suit is instituted between
the parties; alternatively, the moment when
the pleadings are closed
lucidum intervallum lucid interval
maxim legal maxim, adage
mutatis mutandis with the necessary alterations
negotiorum gestio justifiably acting on behalf of another without
having authority to do so
NO (nomine officii) in an official capacity
non compos mentis not in full possession of his or her faculties;
insane
onus burden of proof
opere citato (op cit) in the work quoted
pactum agreement
pactum successorium an agreement concerning the
devolution of an estate
parental power the total of the rights and duties of parents
in respect of their minor children
pari passu simultaneously and equally; on equal terms
patrimonial consequences of
marriage
pendente lite pending the trial
consequences relating to the estates of the
spouses. In other words whether they are
married in community of property, out of
community of property and with the accrual
system, or out of community of property
without the accrual system. These consequences
determine how the assets of spouses
are distributed upon dissolution of their
marriage
per incuriam a decision which failed to take note of
existing legislation
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