πΈ IMPORTANT LEGAL MAXIMS πΈ
βοΈ1.Ubi jus ibi remedium β Where there is a right, there is a remedy.
βοΈ2.Volenti non fit injuria β Damage suffered by consent gives no cause of action.
βοΈ3.Alibi β At another place, elsewhere
βοΈ4.Audi alteram partem β No man shall be condemned unheard.
βοΈ5.Locus standi β Right of a party to an action to appear and be heard by the court and be heard by the court
βοΈ6.Ratio decidendi β Principle or reason underlying a court judgement.
βοΈ7.Nemo debet esse judex in propria causa β Nobody can be judge in his own case.
βοΈ8.Nemo bis punitur pro eodem delicto β Nobody can be twice punished for the same offence.
βοΈ9.Actionable per se β The very act is punishable and no proof of damage is required
βοΈ10.Quo warranto β By what authority. A writ calling upon one to show under what authority he holds or claims a public office
βοΈ11.Mandamus β βWe commandβ. A writ of command issued by a Higher Court to Government/Public Authority, to compel the performance of a public duty
βοΈ12.Estoppel β Prevented from denying.
βοΈ13.Ex parte β Proceedings in the absence of the other party.
βοΈ14.Ex gratia β As a favour.
βοΈ15.Ex officio β Because of an office held.
βοΈ16.Justitia nemini neganda est β Justice is to be denied to nobody.
βοΈ17.Lex non a rege est violanda β The law must not be violated even by the king.
βοΈ18.Amicus Curiae β A friend of court or member of the Bar who is appointed to assist the Court
βοΈ19.Mala fide β In bad faith.
βοΈ20.Mens rea β Guilty mind.
βοΈ21.Modus operandi β Way of working.
βοΈ22.Modus Vivendi β Way of living.
βοΈ23.Fatum β Beyond human foresight.
βοΈ24.Detinue β Tort of wrongfully holding goods which belong to someone else.
βοΈ25.Assentio mentium β The meeting of minds, i.e mutual assents
βοΈ26.Nolle prosequi β a formal notice of abandonment by a plaintiff or prosecutor of all or part of a suit.
βοΈ27.Novation β Transaction in which a new contact is agreed by all parties to replace an existing contract.
βοΈ28.Doli incapax β Incapable of crime
βοΈ29.Res ipsa loquitor β The thing speaks for itself.
βοΈ30.Rex non protest peccare β The king can do no wrong.
βοΈ31.Salus populi est suprema lex β The welfare of the is the supreme law.
βοΈ32.Status quo β State of things as they are now.
βοΈ33.Sine die β βwith no dayβ(indefinitely).
βοΈ34.Sine qua non β βwithout which nothingβ. An essential condition; a thing that is absolutely necessary. Basically a component of an argument that, if debunked, causes the entire argument to crumble.
βοΈ35.Denatio mortis causa β Gift because of death.
βοΈ36.Vis major β Act of God.
βοΈ37.Ad hoc β For the particular end or case at hand.
βοΈ38.Misnomer β A wrong or inaccurate name or term.
βοΈ39.Veto β Ban or order not to allow something to become law, even if it has been passed by a parliament.
βοΈ40.Vice versa β Reverse position.