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.
Per Diem is a term most commonly used by lawyers to describe the hiring of an attorney for the sole purpose of making required appearances in court that are routine in nature and are handled by temporary attorneys who are paid a set rate for their appearance.