Inter Alia

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1.    Inter Alia is a Latin phrase for "among other things."

2.    The phrase inter alia is used in sentences in place of the phrase “among other things,” to indicate that what is being discussed is just one of a number of items or possibilities.

3.    You use inter alia, meaning 'among other things', when you want to say that there are other things involved apart from the one you are mentioning.

4.    This phrase is often found in legal pleadings and writings to specify one example out of many possibilities. Example: "The judge said, inter alia, that the time to file the action had passed."

5.    This phrase is used in Pleading to designate that a particular statute set out therein is only a part of the statute that is relevant to the facts of the lawsuit and not the entire statute.

6.    Inter alia is also used when reporting court decisions to indicate that there were other rulings made by the court but only a particular holding of the case is cited.

7.    It is used to indicate that something is one out of a number of possibilities. For example, "he filed suit against respondents in state court, alleging, inter alia, a breach of contract."

8.    It was very firstly used in 1665.