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pro hac vice

[ proh hahk vee-chey, vee-key, vahy-see ]

adverb

, Latin.
  1. for this (one) occasion: used when an attorney is added to a legal proceeding occurring in a jurisdiction in which the attorney is not licensed.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pro hac vice1

First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin, equivalent to prō + hāc, ablative singular feminine of hic “this” + vice “change, alternation, time”; pro- 1( def ), vice 3( def )
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Example Sentences

I cannot but think it a case of instinct, which, acting before conscience, pro hac vice supersedes it.

Your own memory, and the inevitable suggestions of the context, furnish a dictionary pro hac vice.

Did the Church then, pro hac vice, abdicate her function of being 'a witness and a keeper of Holy Writ'?

It seems they only meant to make Lyndhurst their leader pro hac vice.

Afranius's motion seems to have been for suspending the bribery laws pro hac vice.

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