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Ignorantia juris non excusat - ignorance of the law excuses no one

ignorantia legis neminem excusat - ignorance of the law does not excuse"
actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea-The act does not make [a person] guilty unless the mind should be
guilty.
-A legal term outlining the presumption of mens rea in a crime.
Verba legis non est recedendum- or from the words of a statute there should be no departure
dura lex sed lex-[the] law [is] harsh, but [it is the] law
Plus peccat auctor quam actor. The instigator of a crime is worse than he who perpetrates it
Expressio unius est exclusio alterius. The expression of one thing is the exclusion of another.
Ignorantia facti excusat, ignorantia juris non excusat. Ignorance of facts excuses, ignorance of law does
not excuse.
Ex verbia legis-letter of the law

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