“Inter alia” means “among other things” and is often used in legal documents to indicate that the listed examples are not exhaustive. It can also be used in general contexts and may be italicized.
Tra tralaltro literally means “among other things”. It is a Latin phrase often used in a legal context and indicates that the given example or item listed is only one of a number of examples or items. While often found in legal documents, the expression is not a technical legal term but can also be used in general contexts.
Suppose Person A files a lawsuit against his neighbor, Person B, alleging that Person B is encroaching on Person A’s property. There could be many small examples of how Person B did this. While all of the allegations against Person B would have been fully detailed and explained in the lawsuit, it may be impractical to list all of the grievances in certain documents. In this case, the document might say something like: “Person B violated the property rights of person A, inter alia, by putting a fence on person A’s property.”
The use of the phrase, by the way, also implies that the examples listed are not necessarily representative of every other possible example. A document may refer to a person’s criminal record by saying, “Person C was convicted of several misdemeanor misdemeanors, including driving with a suspended license.” In this case, the other allegations of wrongdoing may be entirely unrelated to the suspended driving or license. The use of the words, by the way, indicates that this is just one example and is not necessarily representative of all allegations.
In legal documents, the term is almost always found in the middle of a sentence, between commas. May be italicized to indicate that it is not an English expression. As the term is commonly used in legal documents, it is unlikely to be defined or explained therein.
Other more general uses of the term include inter alia mortgage. A mortgage by the way is one in which multiple real estate assets guarantee a loan. The phrase can also be used in formal meetings or business situations to refer to one of many things. In meeting minutes it can be used to remind a reader that a piece of text is only part of a larger record.
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