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Latae sententiae
Latae sententiae
is a
Latin
phrase, meaning "sentence (already) passed", used in the
canon law
of the
Catholic Church
. A
latae sententiae
penalty is one that follows
ipso facto
or automatically, by force of the law itself, when a law is contravened.
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