FromLatinab(“from”) +initiō, ablative singular ofinitium(“beginning”).
- (US)IPA(key): /ˌæb ɪˈnɪʃ.i.oʊ/,/ˌæb əˈnɪt.i.oʊ/,/ˌɑb əˈnɪt.i.oʊ/
ab initio
- (law) From the time when a law, legal right or decree, contract, ownership interest, partnership (etc.) comes into force.[Early 17th century.][1][2][3]
- (sciences) Calculated from first principles, i.e. from basic laws without any further additional assumptions.
- 1983, Monty Python,The meaning of life, at about 1h 15':
- […] this soul does not existab initio, as orthodox Christianity teaches; it has to be brought into existence by a process of guided self-observation. However, this is rarely achieved, owing to man's unique ability to be distracted from spiritual matters by everyday trivia.
- (of an academic course) Taken with no prior qualifications.
referring to the time from when a legal document comes into force
calculated from first principles, i.e. from basic laws without any further additional assumptions
taken with no prior qualifications
- ^http://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/hcklibrary/PDF/Blacks%20Law%206th%20Edition%20-%20SecA.pdf Black's Law Dictionary, 6th Edition (1990)Ab initio: Lat. From the beginning; from the first act; from the inception. An agreement is said to be "void ab initio" if it has at no time had any legal validity. A party may be said to be a trespasser, an estate said to be good, an agreement or deed said to be void, or a marriage or act said to be unlawful, ab initio. Contrasted in this sense with ex post facto, or with postea.
- ^Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ab initio”, inThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press,→ISBN, page 4.
- ^Black's Law Dictionary
Borrowed fromLatinabinitiō(“from the beginning”).
- IPA(key): /ap iˈniːt͡si̯o/
- Hyphenation:ab ini‧tio
ab initio
- ab initio
Unadapted borrowing fromLatinabinitiō(“from the beginning”).
abinitio
- ab initio
Unadapted borrowing fromLatinabinitiō(“from the beginning”).
- IPA(key): /ˌab iˈnitjo/[ˌaβ̞ iˈni.t̪jo]
- Syllabification:ab i‧ni‧tio
abinitio
- ab initio
According toRoyal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
