de lege lata
de lege lata (dee lee-jee lay-t[schwa]). [Latin “from law passed”] Int’l law. 1. Existing law. 2. The principle that a court should decide based on actual law and not on how it thinks the law ought to be. Cf. DE LEGE FERENDA.
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de lege ferenda
de lege ferenda (dee lee-jee f[schwa]-ren-d[schwa]). [Latin “from law to be passed”] Int’l law. A proposed principle that might be applied to a given situation instead or in the absence of a legal principle that is in force. Cf. DE LEGE LATA.
neglegentia
neglegentia (neg-li-jen-shee-[schwa]), n. [Latin] Roman law. Carelessness; inattentive omission. • Neglegentia can be of varying degrees, which may or may not result in actionable liability. — Also spelled negligentia. See CULPA. Cf. DILIGENTIA. “In the sources negligentia is tantamount to culpa, and similarly graduated (magna, lata negligentia). Precision in terminology is no more to be