pro confesso

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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.

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