Foreign Phrases

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Q. What does the abbreviation ‘A.D.’ stands for?

(a) Anno Domini
(b) Anti-dote
(c) After death
(d) Add data

Answer

Anno Domini. āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧀āĻļ⧁ āĻ–ā§āϰ⧀āĻˇā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāϕ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q. ‘ad hoc’ is a ________ word.

(a) French
(b) German
(c) English
(d) Latin

Answer

Latin.


Q. Phrase ‘amicus curiae’ means –

(a) an amicuricus dream
(b) a senior advocate
(c) a friend of the court
(d) an arbitrator

Answer

a friend of the court. āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻ•āĻŋāωāϰāĻŋ āĻšāϞ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“ āφāχāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ āύāύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϐ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ, āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤāϕ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāύāĨ¤ amici curiae-āϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āϜāύāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻžāĻ—āϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĨ¤


Q. What is the meaning of the word ‘ad valorem’?

(a) Added value
(b) Valuable
(c) Valueless
(d) According to value

Answer

According to value. (āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻšāĻžāϰ⧇ āφāϰ⧋āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž). Example: The ad valorem city tax is about 30% of your tax bill, with county and school taxes accounting for similar amounts.


Q. An affidavit is –

(a) oral oath taking in the court
(b) written statement of a witness
(c) written statement made under oath
(d) written statement made in a court
(e) first information report

Answer

written statement made under oath. āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āϤāĻŋāĨ¤


Q. ‘A la mode’ means –

(a) according to the current fashion
(b) out of mood
(c) in the menu
(d) way of doing

Answer

according to the current fashion.


Q. “Bon voyage” means –

(a) Have a sound sleep
(b) Devil’s advocate
(c) A handsome fellow
(d) Wish a good trip

Answer

Wish a good trip. āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϭ⧇āĻšā§āĻ›āĻž āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q. What does ‘CV’ stand for?

(a) Curriculum vital
(b) Curriculum value
(c) Current value
(d) Curriculum vitae

Answer

Curriculum vitae. āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž, āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ, āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϰ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q. Cul-de-sac means –

(a) selection
(b) dead end
(c) error
(d) bubble

Answer

dead end. āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧇āϜ āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĨ¤


Q. What is the meaning of ‘Bona fides’?

(a) Bonus
(b) Good faith
(c) False belief
(d) Genuine cultivator

Answer

Good faith. āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāϤāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ⧇āϰ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤


Q. ‘De facto’ means –

(a) de jure
(b) two friends
(c) in fact
(d) surely

Answer

in fact. De facto āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāϤ, āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĨ¤


Q. De Jure āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϕ⧀?

(a) in fact
(b) in law
(c) indeed
(d) in action

Answer

in law. De Jure āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€, āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ: The resolution declared that the independent Republic of Latvia proclaimed on November 18, 1918 was still in existence de jure.


Q. B.C. stands for –

(a) Before Catastrophe
(b) Before Christ
(c) Before Coronation
(d) British Church

Answer

Before Christ.


Q. ‘e.g.’ stands for –

(a) exempli gratia
(b) exe grat
(c) exempli grat
(d) none

Answer

exempli gratia (āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ–āĻžāϤāĻŋāϰ⧇).


Q. The phrase ‘functus officio’ means –

(a) officiating
(b) functional office
(c) functional authority
(d) having no further authority

Answer

having no further authority. āĻāĻŽāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžā§Ÿ āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϞ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤


Q. The French expression ‘fait accompli’ means –

(a) high achievement
(b) a thing that has been done and cannot be altered now
(c) to accomplish a task
(d) a total accident

Answer

a thing that has been done and cannot be altered now. fait accompli āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝāĻž āϐ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĢāϞ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āύ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇āχ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤


Q. The term ‘Habeas corpus’ relates to –

(a) Fundamental rights of prisoners
(b) Freedom of Jurisprudence
(c) Withdrawal of the Embassy
(d) Democratic rights of citizen

Answer

Fundamental rights of prisoners. Habeas corpus āĻšāϞ⧇ āφāχāύ⧇āϰ āφāĻļā§āϰ⧟ āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āφāχāύāĻŋ āφāϟāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϟāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦ⧈āϧ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻž āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤāϕ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤


Q. The Latin expression ‘i.e.’ stands for –

(a) id est
(b) ideal energy
(c) inner edition
(d) in Europe

Answer

id est. (āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ that is)


Q. ‘In Re’ āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻāĻžā§Ÿ?

(a) In reference to
(b) In matter of
(c) In the whole
(d) It id begun

Answer

In matter of. In Re āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āφāχāύāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇; āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ: The decision of the Court of Appeal in re Midland Railway Co’s Agreement.


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