per se

en soi, intrinsèquement

En considérant uniquement la chose elle-même, sans les autres éléments qui peuvent l’influencer.

En anglais simple : When considered by itself, without including other things that may affect it.

• Money is not bad per se.
• The plan itself was not the problem per se.
• Is competition per se harmful to children?

Synonymes : in itself, intrinsically

Expressions courantes : wrong per se, harmful per se, per se illegal

de plein droit

Par application directe d’une règle de droit, sans que d’autres faits puissent modifier le résultat.

En anglais simple : Under a legal rule that applies without allowing other facts to change the result.

• The statute treats that agreement as unlawful per se.
• Under this rule, the conduct is negligent per se.
• The court asked whether the practice was prohibited per se.

Synonymes : as a matter of law

Expressions courantes : illegal per se, negligent per se

par soi-même

Par sa propre nature et sa propre force, sans dépendre de quelque chose d’extérieur.

En anglais simple : Through its own nature and power, rather than through something outside itself.

• The philosopher asks whether a being can exist per se.
• Here, the self determines itself per se.
• The argument treats the first cause as acting per se.

Synonymes : through itself

Expressions courantes : exist per se, act per se

de plein droit

Fixé directement par une règle de droit, sans que d’autres faits puissent changer le résultat.

En anglais simple : Set directly by a legal rule, without allowing other facts to change the result.

• The court applied a per se rule.
• The statute creates a per se violation for this conduct.
• Their argument depended on a per se prohibition.

Expressions courantes : per se violation, per se negligence, per se rule

autodéterminé

Qui existe par sa propre nature et se détermine lui-même, sans cause extérieure.

En anglais simple : Existing through its own nature and determining itself without an outside cause.

• The theory describes a per se being.
• A per se entity would determine its own existence.
• They debated whether the self was a per se principle.

Synonymes : self-determining, self-grounding

Expressions courantes : a per se being, a per se entity