Legal Terminology

Word(s)	Definition
Stare decisis	To stand by a past decision
Res judicata	Latin for "the thing has been judged," meaning the issue before the court has already been decided by another court, between the same parties. Therefore, the court will dismiss the case before it as being useless.
Ex parte [or ex p]	In UK legal doctrine it means a legal proceeding brought by one person in the absence of and without representation or notification of other parties. On behalf of only one party, without notice to any other party. For example, a request for a search warrant is an ex parte proceeding, since the person subject to the search is not notified of the proceeding and is not present at the hearing.
Inter Alia	Latin term for among other things. It is a phrase used in legal proceedings that few facts stated are only part of the entire facts or rules and not the entire thing.
Prima facie	It is a latin word meaning "At first sight or glance" or "on its face". In common law, it is referred to the first piece of evidence or fact that is considered true unless revoked or contradicted .
Citation	It is an act of referring to previous court decisions, statutes and legal books on the basis of which the present trial can be based.

There seems to be a lot of latin phrases used in law... sometimes its like a whole other language... kinda like techi talk... with all their jargon... blogs, email, php, etc... we have law jargon. It'll take time but you'll get used to it.