Here’s a List of Important Legal Maxims for CLAT 2020
Here’s a List of Important Legal Maxims for CLAT 2020
- Accessorium principale sequitur – An accessory does not lead, but follows, its principal.
- Actor sequitur forum rei – A pursuer follows the forum or court.
- Actus ei nemini facit injuriam – Law holds no man responsible for the act of god.
- Actus non reum facit reum nisi mens sit rea – To constitute a crime, it is not enough that the act is criminal; it must also be accompanied by a blameworthy mind.
- Auctoritate judicis – By Judicial Authority.
- Causa causae est causa causati – The cause of a cause is the cause of the effect.
- Causa proxima et non remota spectator – The immediate and not the remote cause is to be considered.
- Causa sine qua non – Factor essential to the occurring of events.
- Consensus facit jus – Consent makes law.
- Consensus, non concubitus, facit matrimonium – It is the consent of the parties, not their cohabitation which constitutes a valid marriage.
- Damnum sine injuria – Damage without legal injury.
- De die in diem – From day-to-day.
- De minimus non curat lex – The law does not concern itself with trifling matters.
- Debita sequuntur personam debitoris – Debtor follows the person of the debtor.
- Delegatus non potest delegare – A delegated power cannot be further delegated.
- Ejus est periculum cujus est dominium, aut commodum – Risk is with whom the property belongs, or who reaps the advantage.
- Ex nudo pacto non oritur action – An action does not arise from a bare promise.
- Extra territorium judicis – Beyond the territory of the judge.
- Falsa demonstratio non nocet – Mere false description does not vitiate the object.
- Ficri non debt, sed factum valet – It ought not to be done, but if done it is valid.
- Furiosus absentis loco est – An insane person is regarded as an absent person.
- Ignorantia facti excusat – Ignorance of fact is an excuse.
- Ignorantia juris non excusat – Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
- In pari delicto potior est conditio – In equal delict, the position of the defender is the stronger.
- Injuria non excusat injuriam – A wrong does not excuse a wrong.
- Injuria non praesumitur – Wrong is not presumed.
- Is qui omnino desipit – Insane person.
- Judicium a non suo judice nullius est moment – A judgment pronounced by a judge to decide in a matter falling within his jurisdiction is of no effect.
- Judicium simper pro veritate accipitur – A judgment always accepted as true.
Take a break and revise the above legal maxims for CLAT then move forward.
- Justo tempore – At the right time.
- Lex est norma recti – Law is a rule of right.
- Lex loci contractus – The law of a place where a contract is made. This is generally the proper law of the contract, i.e., the law by which the contract is to be interpreted.
- Magistratus majores – Superior magistrates.
- Mutual petition – A counter- claim.
- Necessitas facit licitum quod alias non est licitum – Necessity makes that lawful which otherwise unlawful.
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Aditya Anand
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