brutum fulmen

brutum fulmen
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Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


brutum fulmen
'empty thunder', an ineffective order.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.

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  • brutum fulmen — foreign term Etymology: Latin insensible thunderbolt ; a futile threat or display of force …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • brutum fulmen — [L.] Harmless thunderbolt, loud but harmless threatening, empty sound, sound and fury, signifying nothing …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • brutum fulmen —    unfeeling thunder ; empty threat …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • brutum fulmen — /bruwtam falman/ An empty noise; an empty threat. A judgment void upon its face which is in legal effect no judgment at all, and by which no rights are divested, and from which none can be obtained, and neither binds nor bars anyone. Dollert v.… …   Black's law dictionary

  • brutum fulmen — /bruwtam falman/ An empty noise; an empty threat. A judgment void upon its face which is in legal effect no judgment at all, and by which no rights are divested, and from which none can be obtained, and neither binds nor bars anyone. Dollert v.… …   Black's law dictionary

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