Legal Jargon

Question 1

novus actus interveiniens

Answer 1

remoteness of the consequences

Question 2

injuria sine damnum

Answer 2

violation of legal rights with out causage of damage

Question 3

damnum sine injuria

Answer 3

causage of damage with the violation of legal rights

Question 4

volenti non fit injuria

Answer 4

voluntary taking of risk

Question 5

vis major/ force majeouvre

Answer 5

act of god

Question 6

ignorentia juris non excusat

Answer 6

ignorence of law is no excuse

Question 7

qui facit per alium facit per se

Answer 7

He who does an act through another is deemed in law to do it himself

Question 8

doctrine of res ipsa loquitor

Answer 8

the thing speaks for itself [strong element of negligence present ]

Question 9

prima facie

Answer 9

sufficient to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebutted

Question 10

ubi jus lemi remidium

Answer 10

where there is a right there is a remedy

Question 11

actus reus ; mens rea

Answer 11

guilty act;guilty mind

Question 12

corpus delicti

Answer 12

body of crime

Question 13

de minimis non curat lex

Answer 13

the law does not concern itself with trivial things

Question 14

stare decisis

Answer 14

to stand by things decided

Question 15

nudum pactum

Answer 15

a bare promise

Question 16

consensus ad idem

Answer 16

agreeing to the same thing with the same sense

Question 17

bonafide

Answer 17

in good faith

Question 18

lox loci

Answer 18

law of the land

Question 19

lex fori

Answer 19

law of the foreign land

Question 20

in pari materia

Answer 20

in the same matter

Question 21

ex injuria jus non oritur

Answer 21

law does arise from injustice

Question 22

doli incapax

Answer 22

incapable of guilt

Question 23

audi alteram partem

Answer 23

hear the other side

Question 24

Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit non qui negat

Answer 24

the burden of proof rests on who asserts, not on who denies