ad personam

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ad persōnam.

Adjective

ad personam (not comparable)

  1. Given exclusively to one specific person, and not transferrable to or heritable by others. (of a role, title, privilege, etc.)
    bishop ad personam
  2. Targeted at one person or group of people in particular, but not generally applicable to the entire community.
    The decriminalization of accounting fraud was a law ad personam intended save the President from legal trouble.
  3. Synonym of ad hominem

See also

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ad persōnam.

Adverb

ad personam

  1. ad personam
    arcivescovo ad personamarchbishop ad personam
    Il comune fornirà il servizio di assistenza ad personam per i disabili.
    The municipality will provide personalized assistance services for people with disabilities.
    • 2023 June 12, Paolo Frosina, “Silvio Berlusconi è morto – Cavilli, prescrizione e leggi ad personam: così il fondatore di FI l’ha fatta (quasi sempre) franca nei processi”, in il Fatto Quotidiano:
      Un martire della giustizia, pluri-indagato e pluri-processato soltanto per fini politici. Così i pretoriani di Silvio Berlusconi hanno cercato per decenni di dipingere il loro leader.... [I]l fondatore di Forza Italia morto a 86 anni è riuscito a salvarsi quasi sempre grazie a cavilli, prescrizioni, interpretazioni favorevoli o leggi ad personam. Scappatoie inaccessibili ai comuni cittadini, che non hanno a disposizione gli avvocati migliori sulla piazza e soprattutto la possibilità di modificare direttamente il codice penale.
      A martyr of justice, subjected to multiple investigations and prosecutions solely for political purposes. That is how Silvio Berlusconi's praetorians have tried to portray their leader for decades.... he founder of Forza Italia, who died at the age of 86, managed to save himself almost always due to legal technicalities, statutes of limitations, favorable interpretations, or laws ad personam. Loopholes inaccessible to ordinary citizens, who do not have access to the best lawyers in the world and, more importantly, the possibility of directly amending the criminal code.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ad persōnam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈat pɛrˈsɔ.nam/
  • Syllabification: ad per‧so‧nam

Adverb

ad personam (not comparable)

  1. ad personam (in relation to a particular person)

Further reading

  • ad personam in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ad personam in Polish dictionaries at PWN