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Definition of Ab initio
1. Adverb. At the beginning. "At first he didn't notice anything strange"
Definition of Ab initio
1. Adverb. (legal) From the time when a legal document comes into force. ¹
2. Adverb. (science) Calculated from first principles, i.e. from basic laws without any further additional assumptions. ¹
3. Adverb. (context: of an academic course) Taken with no prior qualifications. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ab Initio
Literary usage of Ab initio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Foundations of Legal Liability: A Presentation of the Theory and by Thomas Atkins Street (1906)
"Now, as an exception to this exception appears the doctrine of trespass ab initio,
which is to the effect that one who abuses legal authority loses his ..."
2. A Summary of the Law of Torts, Or, Wrongs Independent of Contract by Arthur Underhill (1889)
"Trespassers ab initio. (1) Whenever a person has authority given him by law to
enter upon lands or tenements for any purpose, and he goes beyond or abuses ..."
3. Handbook of the Law of Torts by Heman Gerald Chapin (1917)
"so TRESPASS ab initio 77 If one abuse a b'cense given by law, he may be treated
as a trespasser from the beginning. In the celebrated case of the Six ..."
4. The Law of Torts Or Private Wrongs by Francis Hilliard (1861)
"We have already had occasion (i. .121) to consider the general doctrine of trespass
ab initio, (a) whereby the subsequent abuse of an ..."
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