GAVEL BURNS
Locus is a place. Parens is a parent. In loco parentis is “in the place of a parent.”
Pro bono work is legal work that is undertaken for the public good. In its fuller form, that is exactly what it means: pro bono publico.
Sometimes a politician or other representative will refuse to comment on something because it is sub judice. This literally means that it is “under the judge:” it is part of a current legal case.
With that, I lapse into a dignified silence. Well done on getting this far. Allow yourself a moment of self-congratulation before we return to the world of Rome in Lesson 13 with a look at one of the Republic’s greatest foes.
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