ipsissima verba
English
Etymology
Latin, The very words.
Phrase
ipsissima verba
- The actual words (spoken or transcribed).
- "The record in the magistrate's court does not purport to reproduce the ipsissima verba of the witness; it does not give questions and answers in the exact words in which the question was put and the answer made; it, at best, gives no more than a summary...."Engelbrecht v Nieuwoudt 1941 CPD 54 at 55:
References
- “ipsissima verba” (US) / “ipsissima verba” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.