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ipsissima verba

ipsissima verba phrase: the actual words (spoken or transcribed).

Phrase

ipsissima verba

  1. The actual words (spoken or transcribed).
    • "The record in the magistrate's court does not purport to reproduce the ipsissima verba of the witness; it does not give questions and answers in the exact words in which the question was put and the answer made; it, at best, gives no more than a summary...."1941, Engelbrecht v Nieuwoudt | CPD 54 at 55

Origin of ipsissima verba

From Latin ipsissima verba (“the very words”).

Questions about ipsissima verba

What does ipsissima verba mean?
Ipsissima verba means the actual words (spoken or transcribed).
What part of speech is ipsissima verba?
Ipsissima verba is a phrase.

Words near ipsissima verba in the dictionary

  1. ipsilateralized
  2. ipsilaterally
  3. ipsilesional
  4. ipsilesionally
  5. ipsipulsion
  6. ipsissima verba
  7. ipsissimosity
  8. ipsiversive
  9. IPSO
  10. ipso facto
  11. ipso gender

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