Consti

SALUS POPULI EST SUPREMA LEX - THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IS THE SUPREME
LAW

RATIHABITO MANDATO AQUIPARATUR - LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION IS

EQUIVALENT TO A MANDATE

Labor

Civ
Ignorantia legis non excusat – Ignorance of the law excuses no one from compliance therewith.

Lex prospicit, non respicit - The law looks forward, not backward.”A maxim meaning that laws
are generally deemed or presumed not to have retroactive.

Semper praesumitur pro matrimonio - the presumption is always in favor of the validity of
marriage.

IMPOSSIBILIUM NULLA OBLIGATIO EST - THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO DO

IMPOSSIBLE THINGS

POTIOR EST IN TEMPORE, POTIOR EST IN JURE - HE WHO IS FIRST IN TIME IS

PREFERRED IN RIGHT

Ab initio – from the beginning

Caveat emptor - Let the buyer beware’

Qui facet per alium facit per se - He who acts through another, acts through himself’

Res ipsa lopquitor - ‘The thing speaks for itself’

A vinculo matrimonii - From the bond of matrimony.

Tax

Comm
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Dura Lex Sed Lex – The law may be harsh, but that is the law.

ACTUS ME INVITO FACTUS NON EST MEUS ACTUS - A

N ACT DONE BY ME AGAINST MY WILL IS NOT MY ACT

ACTUS NON FACIT REUM, NISI MENS SIT REA - THE ACT ITSELF DOES NOT MAKE A
MAN GUILTY UNLESS HIS INTENTIONS WERE SO

FAVORES AMPLIANDI SUNT; ODIA RESTRINGENDA

PENAL LAWS WHICH ARE FAVORABLE TO THE ACCUSED ARE GIVEN
RETROACTIVE EFFECT

NULLUM CRIMEN SINE POENA, NULLA POENA SINE LEGE - T

HERE IS NO CRIME WITHOUT A PENALTY, AND THERE IS NO PENALTY WITHOUT A
LAW.

Corpus Delicti - ‘The body of the offence’

Volenti non fit injuria - ‘No wrong is done to one who consents’

Accessorium non ducit sed sequitur suum principale - An accessory does not draw, but follows its
principal.

Accessorius sequitur - One who is an accessory to the crime cannot be guilty of a more serious
crime than the principal offender.

Nemo punitur pro alieno delicto - No one is punished for the crime of another.

Rem
He who comes to court must have clean hands

De minimis (non curat lex) ‘The law is not concerned with trivial matters’

Res judicata - A matter that has been decided’

Absoluta sententia expositore non indiget - An absolute judgment needs no expositor.

Actori incumbit onus probandi - The burden of proof lies on the plaintiff.

Ad quaestionem facti non respondent judices; ad quaestionem legis non respondent juratores - The
judges do not answer to a question of fact; the jury do not answer to a question of Law.
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