ab initio

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ab (“from”) + initiō, ablative singular of initium (“beginning”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb ɪˈnɪʃ.i.oʊ/, /ˌæb əˈnɪt.i.oʊ/, /ˌɑb əˈnɪt.i.oʊ/

Adverb

ab initio

  1. (law) From the time when a law, legal right or decree, contract, ownership interest, partnership (etc.) comes into force. [Early 17th century.][1][2][3]
    As the Act was passed without the required quorum, the constitutional court struck down the Act and declared it to be void ab initio
  2. (sciences) Calculated from first principles, i.e. from basic laws without any further additional assumptions.
    • 1983, Monty Python, The meaning of life, at about 1h 15':
      […] this soul does not exist ab initio, as orthodox Christianity teaches; it has to be brought into existence by a process of guided self-observation. However, this is rarely achieved, owing to man's unique ability to be distracted from spiritual matters by everyday trivia.
  3. (of an academic course) Taken with no prior qualifications.

Translations

References

  1. ^ http://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/hcklibrary/PDF/Blacks%20Law%206th%20Edition%20-%20SecA.pdf Black's Law Dictionary, 6th Edition (1990) Ab initio: Lat. From the beginning; from the first act; from the inception. An agreement is said to be "void ab initio" if it has at no time had any legal validity. A party may be said to be a trespasser, an estate said to be good, an agreement or deed said to be void, or a marriage or act said to be unlawful, ab initio. Contrasted in this sense with ex post facto, or with postea.
  2. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ab initio”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
  3. ^ Black's Law Dictionary

German

Alternative forms

  • a. i., ab in., ab init. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ab initiō (“from the beginning”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ap iˈniːt͡si̯o/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ab ini‧tio

Adverb

ab initio

  1. ab initio

References

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ab initiō (“from the beginning”).

Adverb

ab initio

  1. ab initio

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ab initiō (“from the beginning”).

Adverb

ab initio

  1. ab initio

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

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