Re: de minimus -Reply

[David W Lee <lee_david_w@lanl.gov>]

At 01:29 PM 03-12-96 -0600, you wrote:
>At 12:46 PM 12/3/96 -0600, you wrote:
>>How's this for nit picking:   "De minimus " is not correct usage.  It
>>is neither english nor latin.
>
>Ms Davis is, of course, correct in stating that "de minimus" is a
>misspelling (sp?). I'm joining this conversation a little late, and so
>please forgive me if I am repeating something here, but...
>
>The term de minimis comes from a Latin sentence used in the law (why do
>lawyers use Latin? They seem more than adequately incomprehensible in
>English; the second language is entirely unnecessary). The phrase is "Lex
>curat non de minimis," which means "the law does not concern itself with
>trifles." Thus, something defined as de minimis is too small to warrant any
>legal arguments at all.
>
>
>Bob Flood
>Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
>(415) 926-3793     bflood@slac.stanford.edu
>Unless otherwise noted, all opinions are mine alone.
>
>
>Joyce:  Thanks for the Latin grammar lesson.  Unfortunately, my spell
checker does not do Latin; hence, my unintentional misspelling of the term.
REGARDS  David 
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