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Legal Maxims

Legal Maxims are an integral part of the Legal Knowledge section and questions are abundantly asked from this topic in the CLAT and other Law entrances exam. He
a repository of all the legal maxims that you have to learn for your Law Entrance Exams -

1. Actus Non Facit Reum, Nisi Mens Sit Rea - The act does not make a man guilty unless he has a guilty mind.

2. Qui Facit Per Alium Facit Per Se - A person who makes another person acting for him is deemed to be acting himself.

3. Ubi Jus Lbi Remedium - Where there is a right, there is a remedy

4. Ignorantia  juris non excusat - Ignorance of the law is not an excuse.

5. Volenti non fit injuria - One who has consented for the act suffers no injury.

6. Actus Reus - Guilty act

7. Mens Rea - Guilty mind

8. Corpus Delicti - Body of the crime

9. De Minimis Non Curat Lex - The law does not concern itself with trivial things

10. Vis Major - Act of god

11. Stare Decisis - To stand by the things decided

12. Res Ipsa Loquitor - Things speak for itself

13. Nudum Pactum - A bare promise

14. Consensus Ad Idem - Agreeing upon the same thing in the same sense

15. Bona Fide - In good faith

16. Mandamus - We command

17. Habeas Corpus - Bring the body

18. Lox Loci - The law of the land

19. Lex Fori - The law of the foreign land

20. Intra Vivos - Between the living

21. In Pari Materia - In the same matter

22. Ex Injuria Jus Non Oritur - Law does not arise from injustice

23. Ejusdem Generis - Of the same class

24. Doli Incapax - Incapable of guilt

25. Audi Alteram Partem - Hear the other side

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