per se

adverb

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Pronunciation: /pəˈseɪ/ / /pɚˈseɪ/ / /pɚˈsiː/

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin per sē (“by itself”), from per (“by, through”) and sē (“itself, himself, herself, themselves”).

Positing itself and being a principle of its own determination.
“Hence, God would have to be the immediate per se cause of some natural motions, but not of all. But no known natural motion is without a natural motion as its immediate per se cause.”
“Before stating at 74b5ff. that the connection between the subject and predicate of the premisses of scientific inferences must not be accidental but per se, he introduces the technical terms 'about all' ( 'kata pantos' ) and 'per se' (' kath' hauto ') in order to clarify the meaning of this proviso.”
That does not leave discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
“Until recently Denmark hesitated to adopt a formal per se law, preferring to give more discretion to its judges, but the general practice was to take blood tests and to convict those accused under the classical law if the blood alcohol concentration was greater than 100 mg./100 ml.”
“CBS (441 U.S. 1 [1979]) explains, the per se rule against price-fixing isn't to be taken literally.”

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin per sē (“by itself”), from per (“by, through”) and sē (“itself, himself, herself, themselves”).

Without determination by or involvement of extraneous factors; by its very nature.
“Near-synonyms: by definition, by nature, essentially, in essence, ipso facto, intrinsically; see also Thesaurus:intrinsically”
“Some people say that a hangover is caused by impurities in the drink, not by the alcohol per se.”
In a true or literal sense; as one would expect from the name or description.
“It's not a museum per se, but they do have some interesting artefacts.”
“I take photographs. But I'm not a photographer. Per se. Right. Not per se. Right.”
As the principle of its own determination and positing itself.
“Everything not applying per se in one of these two senses is called an accident.”
“Peter is per se alive, endowed with intellect, and the faculty of laughter, the artist is per se one who fashions objects. But Peter is per accidens a sufferer from influenza”
Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
“The law makes drunk driving illegal per se.”
“In an effort to assist states that may have recently adopted or expect to adopt administrative per se, NHTSA has collected sample copies of forms and a brief description of the administrative procedures from selected states with in-place programs.”