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Minimus n. (pl. minimi)

A being of the smallest size. (Obs.)

(Anat.) The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding to it, in either the manus or pes.

de minimis or de minimus a.of trifling consequence or importance; too insignificant to be worthy of concern; a reference to the phrase de minimis non curat lex.

de minimis non curat lex The law does not concern itself with trifles; a principle of law, that even if a technical violation of a law appears to exist according to the letter of the law, if the effect is too small to be of consequence, the violation of the law will not be considered as a sufficient cause of action, whether in civil or criminal proceedings.

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"Minimus" Quotes from Famous Books

... perhaps, upon this isolated patch of gravel? Why did that one patch of Carex arenaria settle in the only square yard for miles and miles which bore sufficient resemblance to its native sandhill by the seashore, to make it comfortable? Why did Myosurus minimus, which I had hunted for in vain for fourteen years, appear by dozens in the fifteenth, upon a new-made bank, which had been for at least two hundred years a farm-yard gateway? Why does it generally rain here from ...

— Prose Idylls • Charles Kingsley

Words linked to "Minimus" : gluteus minimus, dactyl, pinky, little finger, pinkie, digit, little toe