inter alia
Meaning. Among other things.
Inter alia signals that the items mentioned are only some of several. A plaint may state that the defendant, inter alia, failed to pay rent and damaged the premises, meaning those are not the only breaches. A judgment may record that the court considered, inter alia, the medical evidence.
When referring to persons rather than things, the strict form is inter alios (“among other persons”), but Indian legal writing generally uses inter alia for both. In drafting, it is safer to name all the grounds relied on; a ground left under the cover of inter alia may be held not to have been pleaded.
Example
The writ petition challenged the order on several grounds, inter alia that the petitioner was not given a hearing.
See also
inter se · viva voce · mutatis mutandis
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