100 Legal Maxims for 18th BJS Exam and Law Students.
100 Legal Maxims for 18th BJS Exam and Law Students 1. A verbis legis non est recedendum. a. From the words of the law, there must be no departure. 2. Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea. a. The act does not make a person guilty unless the mind is also guilty (guilty act, guilty mind). 3. Aequitas sequitur legem. a. Equity follows the law. 4. Audi alteram partem. a. Hear the other side (no one should be condemned unheard). 5. Boni judicis est ampliare jurisdictionem. a. It is the duty of a good judge to enlarge his jurisdiction (i.e., to extend the remedies of the law). 6. Cessante ratione legis, cessat et ipsa lex. a. The reason of the law ceasing, the law itself also ceases. 7. ...
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