pro confesso
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin prō cōnfessō (“as, instead of it being confessed”).
Adverb edit
pro confesso (not comparable)
- (law) As if an offence had been confessed or admitted.
- His failure to respond meant he was sentenced pro confesso.
References edit
- “pro confesso, adv.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
