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Latin: for this purpose; for a specific purpose.

 


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Ad hoc
The Latin term "Ad hoc " means, in a UK legal context: "for this purpose".
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Ad Hoc
adj. latin phrase meaning "for this purpose only." It signifies a solution that has been tailored to a specific purpose, say for example an ad-hoc committee or an ad-hoc attorney.
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AD HOC
Latin: for this purpose; for a specific purpose. An ad hoc committee, for example, is created with a unique and specific purpose or task and once it has studied and reports on the matter, ...

Ad hoc - For this purpose
Ad infinitum - For ever, without limit, To infinity
Alibi - At another place, Elsewhere ...

AD HOC For a special purpose, i.e. an Ad Hoc Committee.
ADJOURN To recess.
ADJUDICATION The legal process of resolving a dispute; the pronouncement of a judgment.

ad hoc For this, or for one special purpose.
ad litem For the suit; for the purposes of the suit; e.g., a guardian ad litem.
ad valorem According to value, as determined by assessment, invoice, or appraisal.

Ad Hoc (Latin):
For this purpose; for a specific purpose. An ad hoc committee, for example, is created with a unique and specific purpose or task and once it has studied and reported on the matter, it stands disbanded.

QUOAD HOC. As to this; with respect to this. A term frequently used to signify, as to the thing named, the law is so and so.

Delegates had been elected to Congress by thirteen different governments-which included extralegal conventions, ad hoc committees, and elected assemblies-and were bound by the instructions given to them.

A formal group of experts brought together on a regular or ad hoc basis to debate matters within that sphere of expertise, ...

special master: a special master is an attorney appointed on an ad hoc basis to assist the court in hearing motions (NYS)
special proceedings: general term for remedies or proceedings which are not ordinary actions, e.g., condemnation ...

A term of parliamentary law which refers to those committees which have a continued existence; that are not related to the accomplishment of a specific, once only task as are ad hoc or special committees.

Standing Committee:
A term of parliamentary law which refers to those committees which have a continued existence; that are not related to the accomplishment of a specific, once-only task as are ad hoc or special committees.

(5) Duumviri navales, extraordinary officers appointed ad hoc for the equipping of a fleet. Originally chosen by consuls or dictator, they were elected by the people after 311 B.C. (Livy ix. 30; xl. 18; xli. I).

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