Metus

metus conditional of meti metus conditional of metar From Proto-Italic *metu-, of uncertain origin. Klingenschmitt connects the word to Old Irish moth m

mõtu. IPA(key): /ˈmetu/, [ˈme̞t̪u] Rhymes: -etu Hyphenation(key): me‧tu metu (obsolete) mead emut metū m ablative singular of metus metu first-person singular

exceptio quod metus causa From a shortening of exceptio quod metus causa. exceptio metus (law) An exception based on the fact that the underlying cause

praesentī fortūnā pējor est futūrī metus alternative typography of praesentī fortūnā pēior est futūrī metus

(“exception”) quod (“based on”) metus (“duress”) causa (“a cause (of action)”). exceptio quod metus causa? (law) The exceptio metus; an exception based on the