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Legal Maxims List (Final)

This document contains 100 Latin phrases related to law. Some examples include: ab initio meaning from the beginning, bona gestura meaning good behavior, and causa sine qua non meaning an indispensable cause or condition. The document also includes phrases like de jure meaning by right, en autre droit meaning in the right of another, and veritas est justitiae mater meaning truth is the mother of justice.

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Legal Maxims List (Final)

This document contains 100 Latin phrases related to law. Some examples include: ab initio meaning from the beginning, bona gestura meaning good behavior, and causa sine qua non meaning an indispensable cause or condition. The document also includes phrases like de jure meaning by right, en autre droit meaning in the right of another, and veritas est justitiae mater meaning truth is the mother of justice.

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1 ab initio : From the beginning.

2 bona gestura : Good behaviour


3 causa sine qua non : An indispensable cause/condition
4 de jure : By right; rightful; independently of what obtains in fact
5 en autre droit : In the right of another
6 facsimile : (Make it like) An exact copy
7 idem per idem : An illustration or proof
8 imputatio : Legal liability
9 judicium dei : The judgment of God. Trial by ordeal
10 lex fori : The law of the place of action
11 mea culpa : By my own fault
12 ne plus ultra : The topmost performance, achievement
13 pari materia : In equal materials
14 quaere : Inquire
15 ratione soli : By reason only
16 scribere est agere : To write is to act
17 terminus a quo : The starting point
18 ut infra : As cited below
19 vadium : A pledge or security
20 veritas est justitiae mater : Truth is the mother of justice
21 a coelo usque ad centrum : In principle, the extent of the right of the
owner.
22 a fortiori : Much more, with stronger reason.
23 a la : After the manner of.
24 a posse ad esse : From possibility to reality.

25 absque hoc : Without this.


26 absque tali causa : Without such cause.
27 act in pais : Judicial or other act performed out of court and not a
matter of record.
28 acta jure gestionis : Commercial acts.
29 acta jure imperii : Governmental acts.
30 bona gestura : Good behaviour
31 cadit quaestio : The matter admits of no further argument
32 caeteris paribus : Other things being equal
33 casus fortuitus : A matter of chance damnosa hereditas : An
inheritance which was insolvent
34 damnum absque injuria : Loss or damage for which there is no legal
remedy
35 damnum sentit dominus : The owner suffers the damage
36 de die in diem : From day to day; continuously
37 de executione facienda : Writs of execution
38 de hors : Outside of; unconnected with
39 de jure : By right; rightful; independently of what obtains in fact
40 en autre droit : In the right of another
41 en route : On the road : let us go; march
42 en ventre sa mere : In the womb of its mother. A child not yet born
43 ens legis : A legal being, entity
44 enure : To operate or take effect
45 eo instante : At that instant
46 eo nomine : In that name, by that name, on that claim
47 fait : A deed
48 fait accompli : An accomplished act
49 fait justitia ruat caelum : Let right be done, though the heavens should
fall

50 falsa demonstratio : An erroneous description of a person or thing in a


written instrument
51 falsa demonstratio non nocet : A false description does not vitiate a
document
52 felo de se : One who murders himself
53 grammatica falsa non vitiat chartum : False grammar does not vitiate a
deed
54 gratis dictum : A mere assertion unsupported by evidence
55 habeas corpus : This means you have the body
56 hac lege : With this law, under this condition
57 hereditas : Inheritance
58 hereditas jacen : Inheritance not taken up
59 heres : The universal successor of a deceased person
60 leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant : Later laws abrogate
prior contrary laws
61 lex dilationes semper exhorret : The law always abhors delays
62 lex domicilii : The law of the place of a persons domicile
63 lex est dictamen rationis : Law is the dictate of reasons
64 mala fide : In bad faith
65 mandamus : We command
66 me judice : In my opinion
67 mea culpa : By my own fault
68 mens legis : The spirit of the law
69 ne plus ultra : The topmost performance, achievement
70 necessitas inducit privilegium quoad jura privata : Necessity gives a
privilege as to private rights
71 necessitas non habet legem : Necessity knows no law
72 necessitas publica major est quam privata : Public necessity is greater
than private
73 pacta sunt servanda : Contracts are to be kept
74 pactum illicitum : An illegal compact
75 pactum nudum : A pact without consideration
76 qua : As; in the capacity; character of; in virtue of being

77 quaere : Inquire
78 quaeritur : The question is asked
79 quando acciderint : When it happens
80 raison detre (Fr) : Reason for existence
81 ratio legis est anima legis : The reason of law is the soul of law
82 ratione materiae : By reason of subject-matter
83 ratione soli : By reason only
84 salvo jure : Saving the right
85 sans frais : Without expense
86 sans recours : Without recourse
87 scribere est agere : To write is to act
88 terminus a quo : The starting point
89 terminus ad quem : The limit to which, the finishing point
90 terra firma : Firm ground
91 ubi jus incertum, ibi jus nullum : Where ones right is uncertain, no
right exists
92 ut infra:as(stated or shown) below:used in a book text etc.
93 ubi remedium, ibi jus : Where there is remedy, there is a right
94 ubi supra : In the place of above (mentioned)
95 vadium : A pledge or security
96 venditioni exponas : That you expose for sale
97 venire facias : Cause to come
98 verbatim et literatim : Word for word, letter for letter
99 verborum obligatio : A verbal obligation; contracted by means of a
question and answer
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veritas est justitiae mater : Truth is the mother of justice

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