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adj
Of a penalty, coming into force as soon as a law is broken, by force of the law itself (such as excommunication for various specified offences).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, postpositional
Qualifier: canon law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin latae sententiae (“of a sentence [already] passed”).
