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Thursday, 26 December 2019

10 legal maxim for clat and other law exams







1. Actionable Per se

Meaning:  Actions that do not require the allegation or proof of additional facts to constitute a cause of action. Such a tort is actionable simply because it happened





2. Assentio Mentium

Meaning: Latin definition for a meeting of minds. The moment when a contract is complete.





3. Pacta sund servanada

Meaning:A latin word for agreements are binding.  It is a basic principle of civil law, international law, and canon law







4. Bona Vacantia

Meaning: Bona Vacatia is a legal concept associated with the property that has no owner. It exists in various jurisdictions, but with origins mostly in English law.





5. Persona non-grata

Meaning: Refers to a foreign person whose entry or remaining in a country is prohibited by that country’s government



6. Ab initio

Meaning: From the beginning



7.Actus reus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea

Meaning: conviction of a crime requires proof of criminal act and intent. Or an act does not make a defendant guilty without a guilty mind. Or an act does not constitute guilt unless done with the guilty intention.



8.Audi alteram partem

Meaning: No man shall be commended unheard.





9.De jure

Meaning: By law



10.Factum probans

Meaning: Relevant fact.