I.e., "on the contrary" or " au contraire". I.e., "from top to bottom," "all the way through," or "from head to toe." See also a pedibus usque ad caput. I.e., "from Heaven all the way to the center of the Earth." In law, it may refer to the proprietary principle of cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos ("whosoever is the soil, it is his up to the sky and down to the depths "). I.e., "at will" or "at one's pleasure." This phrase, and its Italian ( beneplacito) and Spanish ( beneplácito) derivatives, are synonymous with the more common ad libitum (at pleasure).įrom general to particular "What holds for all X also holds for one particular X." – argumentum a fortioriĪn inference from smaller to bigger what is forbidden at least is forbidden at more ("If riding a bicycle with two on it is forbidden, riding it with three on it is at least similarly punished".)
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