IMPORTANT LEGAL MAXIMS

1.1 Maxims expressing fundamental legal principles

 Ubi Jus Ibi Remedium: Where there is right there is remedy

 Ignorantia Juris Neminum Excusat: Ignorance of law is no

excuse

1.2 Maxims Relating to the Mode of Administering

Justice

 Nemo Debet Esse Judex in Propria Sua Causa: No man to

be his own Judge and litigant

1.3 Maxims Relating to Property

 Nemo Plus Juris ad Alium Transferee Postest Quam Ipse

Habereti: No person can grant to another a longer interest in
property than he himself possesses

1.4 Maxims Relating to Contracts & Torts

 Caveat Emptor: Let the Buyer Beware

 Ex Turpi Causa Non Oritur Actio: No Court will allow

itself to be made the instrument of enforcing an obligation
arising out of a contract or transaction that is illegal

 Respondent Superior: Let the Principal be held responsible

1.5 Maxims Expressing Rules Founded on Public Policy

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 Salus Populi Est Suprema Lex: The safety of the people is
the supreme law

 Vigilantibus: Non Dormientibus Jura Subveniunt: Equity

would help vigilant and not indolent