Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Done without compensation for the public good: a lawyer's pro bono work.
Wiktionary
- adj. law done without fee, generally for clients of humble means
- adv. In a manner without fee.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. done for the public good without compensation
Etymologies
- Abbreviated from Latin pro bono publico for the public good. (Wiktionary)
- Latin prō bonō (publicō), for the (public) good : prō, for + bonō, ablative of bonum, the good. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In deference to the world's unfortunates, however, it is also my practice to make myself available on a. pro bono basis to London hospitals, prisons and the immigration authorities despite the fact that the remuneration in such cases is peanuts.”
the mission song
“Will Quinn, his last pro bono client in Miami, was free now because of his efforts, after having spent six years in prison for a murder someone else had committed.”
In His Own Defense
“I had taken on Timothy Jackson’s case pro bono because both he and his mother convinced me that he had nothing to do with the carjacking.”
“By his own real estate transactions, by his special project with Bosk, by his girlfriends, by arranging buys with his drug dealer, Magaly, by his family, by his pro bono clients, all in motion, all spinning, all just barely under control.”
Mistress of Justice
“Unlike Dr. Stanton, when I confided in Max my plans for pro bono and legal social work, he beamed with pride.”
Land of the Blind
“I thought about what kind of strategist you were, about Clayton's womanizing, about how it would be easy for you to get a gun from one of your clients in the criminal pro bono program.”
Mistress of Justice
“And I'm not sure which are my pro bono criminal clients and which are the white-shoe folks we wine and dine at the Downtown Athletic Club.”
Mistress of Justice
“I've had murderers in the pro bono program who're more upright than the CEO — Lloyd Hanover.”
Mistress of Justice
“To the pro bono team of lawyers at Global Health Institute, first of whom I must single out Armand Fried, who after observing me work with a participant donated many hours of his time to watch my back, keep a roof over my head, and keep the barbarians at the gate during the decade of virtually unpaid research for Global Health Institute.”
Lists
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Pop Latin
Commonly used Latin expressions
viva voce, vide supre, vide, supra, stet, status quo, sine qua non, sine die, sic, quid pro quo, pro rata, pro bono and 24 more...
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Worthy Wordie
words learnt from the Internet
unthink, meme, logophile, netiquette, onomatopoeia, singularity, oed, johnson's dictionary, man friday, lewis carroll, ontology, pro bono and 143 more...
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[codemonkey]
Words that describe Myself
scorn, codemonkey, hippopotomonstros..., geek, freak, infinity, poppycock, wiki, 23, twenty three, twitter, randominity and 43 more...
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Idioms
Faux pas, Fait accompli, Laissez-faire, Ménage à trois, Par excellence, Vis-à-vis, À la carte, À la mode, Au contraire, Carte blanche, Cinéma vérité, Crème de la crème and 55 more...
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legal words
inchoate, incarceration, judgment, sentence, attempt, finding, imprisonment, due process, certification, probable cause, abnormality, whereas and 59 more...
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not this queen's english
sturm und drang, schadenfreude, deus ex machina, in medias res, vis à vis, tete à tete, mano a mano, sine qua non, quid pro quo, pro bono, andante, gemütlichkeit and 4 more...
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Atinlay Asesphray
Latin is, for all intents and purposes, a dead language. Yet its ghost continues to haunt those of us who speak English.
caveat emptor, ad hoc, de facto, carpe diem, et cetera, habeas corpus, non sequitur, ad nauseam, persona non grata, amicus curiae, per se, a priori and 30 more...
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nickflorez's Words
Tweets
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strev when he was amateur bono he missed the notes like all of us Jun 16, 2009
codemonkey A shortened version of pro bono publico, or "for the public good". Jan 25, 2009
dontcry I like U2, too! Nov 17, 2008
bilby One good chuckle deserves another. Nov 17, 2008
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