A companion animal is just another word for a family pet. Think Fido and Fluffy. At Pets for Patriots, we celebrate the extraordinary, innate therapeutic abilities of the everyday companion dog or cat.
1 per se (Latin), a Latin phrase meaning by itself or in itself. 2  Illegal per se, the legal usage in criminal and anti-trust law.  Negligence per se, legal use in tort law.
Pro per is an abbreviation of the Latin term in propria persona, which means by one's self.. In legal terms, it refers to someone who chooses to act as his or her own legal counsel in a lawsuit, despite not being a lawyer. This term is synonymous with pro se, which is a term usually used by federal courts while pro per is commonly used by state courts. Pros and Cons.