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turpis
In the civil law, base; mean; vile; disgraceful; infamous; unlawful.

Applied both to things and persons.

—Blacks's Law Dictionary by Henry Campbell Black, M.A.;
West Publishing Co.; St. Paul, Minn.; 1990.
This entry is located in the following unit: turpit- + (page 1)
turpit- +
(Latin: disgraceful, depravity, infamy; from turpis, ugly, unsightly, unseemly; disgraceful, shameful, infamous, foul)
Word Entries containing the term: “turpis”
turpis causa
A base cause; a vile or immoral consideration; a consideration which, on account of its immorality, is not allowed by law to be sufficient either to support a contract or found an action; such as, future illicit intercourse.
—Blacks's Law Dictionary by Henry Campbell Black, M.A.;
West Publishing Co.; St. Paul, Minn.; 1990.
This entry is located in the following unit: turpit- + (page 1)
turpis contractus
An immoral or iniquitous (unjust, unfair) contract.
—Blacks's Law Dictionary by Henry Campbell Black, M.A.;
West Publishing Co.; St. Paul, Minn.; 1990.
This entry is located in the following units: tra-, tract-, trac-, -tractive, -traction, -tracting, treat-, trai- (page 10) turpit- + (page 1)