de plano

American  

[di pley-noh, dee, dey] / dɪ ˈpleɪ noʊ, di, deɪ /

adverb

Chiefly Law.

1. without argument.

2. by manifest right; plainly.

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Etymology

Origin of de plano

From Latin dē planō

Example Sentences

Canon Loyseleur—"Simpliciter et de plano, absque advocatorum ac judiciorum strepitu et figura—The text is formal."

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne

Gulielmi Tripolitani et Ioannis de plano Carpini scripta non vidi, tantùm excerpta ex illis quædam in alijs scriptis libris inueni.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 04 by Hakluyt, Richard

That reason is an amicus curiæ who speaks de plano, not pro tribunali.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

Papal edicts against heretics had made familiar to all men the notion that a judge should at times proceed summarie et de plano et sine strepitu et figura justitiae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various