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.

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 )

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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