Category
page 1Brocards (law)
Pacta sunt servanda
Latin legal phrase
ex post facto law
law that retroactively changes the legal consequences or status of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law
de minimis
phrase referring to trivial use of copyrighted material
ignorantia juris non excusat
legal principle
lex specialis
special statute (law)
nulla poena sine lege
legal principle that penalties can be imposed only for violations of law
Audi alteram partem
Latin phrase often seen used as title in legal documents or as decorative motto in courtrooms as symbolic of good government; aka "hear both sides"; "listen to the other side"
actio libera in causa
Law principle
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus
latin phrase
Iura novit curia
phrase
Nemo iudex in causa sua
principle of natural justice
Salus populi suprema lex esto
legal maxim by Cicero
Ex factis jus oritur
Inter arma enim silent leges
latin phrase
Nemo dat quod non habet
legal principle
brocard
legal principle expressed in Latin
Fiat justitia ruat caelum
Latin phrase
Unus testis, nullus testis
latin legal maxim
Volenti non fit injuria
common law doctrine
res ipsa loquitur
legal term, Latin for "the thing speaks for itself"
Cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos
Principle of property law concerning air and subsurface rights
Nemo auditur propriam turpitudinem allegans
Maxim in civil law systems
Par in parem non habet imperium
principle in international law
Ultra posse nemo obligatur
Latin legal term meaning "No one is obligated beyond what he is able to do."