Going Dutch Going Dutch "Going Dutch" (sometimes written with lower-case dutch) is a term that indicates that each person participating in a paid activity covers their own expenses, rather than any one person in the group defraying the cost for the entire group. The term stems from restaurant dining etiquette in the Western world where each person pays for their meal. It is also called Dutch date, Dutch treat (the oldest form, a pejorative) and doing Dutch. There are two possible senses—each person paying their own expenses, or the entire bill being split (divided evenly) between all participants. In strict usage, "Going
Per minas Per minas Per minas, in British common law, to engage in behavior "by means of menaces or threats". The term comes from Latin. "Per minas" has been used as a defense of duress to certain crimes, as affecting the element of "mens rea". William Blackstone, the often-cited judge and legal scholar, addressed the use of "duress "per minas"" under the category of self-defense as a means of securing the "right of personal security", that is, the right of self-defense. The classic case involves a person who is blackmailed into robbing a bank. In contract law, Blackstone used "per minas" to