Legal Maxims
- Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea – The act does not make one guilty unless there be a criminal intent.
- Ad valorem – according to the value
- Amicus Curiae –A friend of the Court
- Audi alterem partum – Hear the other side
- Assentio Mentium – The meeting of minds, i.e. mutual assent
- Bona fide – Sincere, in good faith
- Bona Vacantia –Goods without an owner
- Caveat Emptor –Let the purchaser beware
- Corpus Delicto – The body, i.e. the gist of crime
- Damnum Sine Injuria –Damage without injury
- De Die in Diem – From day to day
- De Minimis Lex Non Curat – The law does not govern trifles or ignores insignificant details
- Doli Incapax – Incapable of crime
- Ejusdem Generis – of the same kind
- Ex Post Facto – By reason of a subsequent act
- Ignorantia Facti Excusat – Ignorance of fact excuses
- IgnorantiaJuris Non Excusat – Ignorance of the law excuses no one
- Injuria Sine Damnum – Injury without damage
- Locus Standi – the right to bring an action in court
- Nemo Debet Esse Judex in Propria SuaCausa – No one can be judge in his own case
- Nemo debt non quad habit – no one can give what they do not have
- Noscitur a Sociis – known by its associates
- Obiter Dicta – a thing said by the way
- Pari Materia – In equal materials
- Per Incuriam – carelessness or through lack of care
- Qui Facit Per Alium, Facit Per Se – He who acts through another acts himself.
- Quid pro quo – something for something
- Ratio Decidendi – The reason or grounds of a judicial decision
- Res ipsa loquitur – the things speaks for itself.
- Res Judicata Accipitur Pro Veritate – A thing adjudged is accepted for the truth
- Salus Populi Est Suprema Lex – The safety of the people is the supreme law
- Stare Decisis – To stand by decisions (precedents)
- Ubi Jus Ibi Remedium- Where there is a right there is a remedy
