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English
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
- (law) From the time when a law, legal right or decree, contract, ownership interest, partnership (etc.) comes into force. [1][2][3]
- (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.
- (of an academic course) Taken with no prior qualifications.
Translations
referring to the time from when a legal document comes into force
calculated from first principles, i.e. from basic laws without any further additional assumptions
taken with no prior qualifications
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Black's Law Dictionary
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ab initiō (“from the beginning”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ap iˈniːt͡si̯o/
- Hyphenation: ab ini‧tio
Adverb
ab initio
- ab initio
References
Spanish
Adverb
ab initio
- ab initio
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