LEGAL MAXIMS Flashcards
What does the legal maxim ‘Actio personalis moritur cum persona’ mean?
A personal right to action dies with the person.
Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea
The act itself does not constitute guilt unless done with guilty intent
Audi alteram partenh
No man shall be condemned unheard [ hear oppo. Party before pronouncement of judgement]
Communis error non facit jus
Common error sometimes passes current as law
Delegatus non potest delegare
Delegated power cannot be further Delegated
Ex nudo pacto non oritur actio
No cause of action arises from a bare promise
Ex trupi causa non oritur actio
A right of action will not arise from a base cause
Falsus in uno falsus in omnibus
False in one particular thing is false in general
Ignoantia legis semi nem excusat
Ignorance of law is no excuse
Nemo Dat quod non habet
No one can transfer better title than he himself has
