ab initio – Wiktionary

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

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ab initio

1. (

   law

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   From the time when a law, legal right or decree, contract, ownership interest, partnership (etc.) comes into force. [1][2][3]

2. (

   sciences

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   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′:

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     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

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   Taken with no prior qualifications.

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calculated from first principles, i.e. from basic laws without any further additional assumptions

taken with no prior qualifications

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1. ^ 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.http://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/hcklibrary/PDF/Blacks%20Law%206th%20Edition%20-%20SecA.pdf Black’s Law Dictionary, 6th Edition (1990): 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. ^ The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: →ISBN, page 4.

   Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ab initio”, in, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press , page 4.

3. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%27s_Law_Dictionary

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

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• IPA(key):

  /ap iˈniːt͡si̯o/

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• Hyphenation:

  ab ini‧tio

Adverb

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ab initio

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• “ab initio” in Duden online

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ab initio