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pro tempore (pro tem.)
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for the time/for the time being
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id est (i.e.)
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that is/attempt to explain in other words
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magna cum laude
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with great praise/3rd highest GPA
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habeas corpus
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you may have the body/right of citizens to avoid unlawful inprisonment
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de facto
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from the fact/in reality
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de jure
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from law/established by legal precedent
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ex post facto
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from after the fact/later
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in vitro
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in glass/something in a test tube
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quid pro quo
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something for something/tit for tat
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per annum
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through the year/measured on a yearly basis
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cum laude
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with praise/4th highest GPA
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per se
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through (by) itself/something that is considered to be either innate or intrinsic
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in extremis
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among the last things/at the point of death
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quod vide (q.v.)
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which see/refer to
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ars gratia artis
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art for the sake of art/motto of MGM Studios
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et cetera (etc.)
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and other things/last in a list of items
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ibidem (ibid.)
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in the same place/used in citations to show the exact same place
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et alii (et al.)
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and other people/last in a list of people
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in toto
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in whole/in its entirety
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summa cum laude
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with highest praise/topmost GPA
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ex officio
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out of office/by virtue of one's position
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terra incognita
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unknown land/undiscovered territory
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versus (vs., v.)
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against/shows teams against each other
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opus citatum (op. cit.)
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work cited/citations to something referenced previously
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lapsus linguae
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slip of the tongue/comment someone didn't mean to say
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ex tempore
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out of the time/on the spur of the moment
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in memoriam
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into memory/dedicated memoration of dead person
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post mortem
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after death/exam of corpse
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et tu, Brute?
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Even you, Brutus?/Caesar's last words
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prima facie
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at 1st appearance/obvious on the face of it
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finis
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end/often used at the end of a story
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in absentia
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in absence/something decided upon when person is absent
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vice versa
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the order having been changed
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ipso facto
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by the fact itself/verifiable in its context
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terra firma
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solid ground/territory thats not solid
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maxima cum laude
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with greatest praise/2nd highest GPA
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in utero
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in the womb/an unborn child
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sic
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thus/used in quotes to show a grammar mistake
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exempli gratia (e.g.)
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for the sake of example
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homo sapiens
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wise man/genus & species of humans
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exit
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he,she,it is going out
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sine qua non
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without which not/the crucial element
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lapsus memoriae
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slip of the memory/someone having forgotten something
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per capita
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through (by) heads/individually
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