Ipsissima verba

Ipsissima verba, Latin for "the very words," is a legal term referring to material, usually established authority, that a writer or speaker is quoting or referring to. For example, "the lawyer's position on segregation is supported by the ipsissima verba of the Supreme Court's holding in Brown v. Board of Education."

Other uses

Ipsissima verba is also the name of an album of the German band Samsas Traum.

Notes

gollark: It has too many spaces in it, but I guess bad grammar is a conspiracy thing too.

gollark: ... I mean, "stimulant" doesn't mean "magically makes everything function better".

gollark: Why *would* they?

gollark: Can you *smoke* it?

gollark: > people need to learn the law of consecration> all things have a purpose???

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