How do you use inter alia in a sentence?

Answer 1

The prefix, 'inter-', is from Latin and means amid, among, between, mutually, reciprocally, together, within.

The Latin term 'inter' is used as a whole word in English in the mainly legal and frequently italicized phrasal adverb, 'inter alia', meaning 'among other things'. The term is mainly used to specify one particularly significant item which is part of a wider and also significant reference:

'In summing-up the judge said, inter alia, that the defence had presented a strong argument for dismissal of the case.'

'The court has been asked to consider, inter alia, the defendant's past cooperation with police.'

'The meeting decided, inter alia, that future meetings will be held earlier in the day.'

'At the last discussions it was agreed, inter alia, to alter Clause Seven; the minutes detail other decisions taken at that meeting.'

'Included in the inventory were, inter alia, four valuable paintings.'

It isn't appropriate to use the term inter alia about people, though instances do occur, especially in popular media. It is probably better to simply say, 'among others', when referring to people. While the Latin term 'inter alios' does mean 'among or between others,' specifically, 'among or between other people', it is a term with currently little usage outside legal matters, except when used in a humorous or ironic way.

In law, 'inter alios' is used to describe interaction between parties who are strangers to the proceedings, or case; it is often used to reduce lists of parties to legal documents or proceedings into manageable size:

'The parties to this contract are, inter alios, John Brown and Jane Smith.'

An important legal meaning of 'inter alios' is in 'res inter alios acta', a contraction of a longer Latin phrase which basically says that matters between others should not affect uninvolved parties. This means we should not draw up a contract, for example, which adversely affects the (legal) rights of those who are not parties to that contract.
(inter alia is a Latin phrase meaning "among other things" and indicates that the example given is only one among several)

"The district attorney argued, inter alia, that the drugs were admissible under the good faith exception to the warrant requirement."