Latin Maxims

Question 1

Ignorantia legis non excusat

Answer 1

Ignorance of the law excuses no one

Question 2

Dura lex sed lex

Answer 2

The law may be harsh, but it is still the law

Question 3

Cessante ratione cessat ipsa lex

Answer 3

Then the reason for the law ceases, the law also ceases to exist

Question 4

Sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas

Answer 4

The owner of a thing cannot make use thereof in such a manner as to injure the rights of third person

Question 5

Patria potesta

Answer 5

Parental authority

Question 6

Negotiorum gestio

Answer 6

Unauthorized management

Question 7

Res perit domino

Answer 7

The thing perishes with the owner

Question 8

Jus possidendi

Answer 8

The right to possess

Question 9

Jus abutendi

Answer 9

The right to abuse

Question 10

Jus utendi

Answer 10

The right to use

Question 11

Jus Fruendi

Answer 11

The right to the fruits

Question 12

Jus disponendi

Answer 12

The right to dispose

Question 13

Jus vendicandi

Answer 13

The right to recover

Question 14

Nulla poena sine lege

Answer 14

There is no crime when there is no law punishing it

Question 15

Salus populi est supreme lex

Answer 15

The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law

Question 16

Caveat emptor

Answer 16

Buyers beware

Question 17

Solutio indebiti

Answer 17

Unjust enrichment

Question 18

Aedificum solo credit

Answer 18

The building follows the land

Question 19

Accessorium siquitur principale

Answer 19

Land is always principal

Question 20

Nullum tempus occurit regi

Answer 20

Time runs not against the sovereign

Question 21

I ce cre am for sa le he re

Answer 21

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Question 22

Lex nationalii

Answer 22

Citizenship is the basis for determining the personal law applicable.

Question 23

Lex rei sitae

Answer 23

Law of the place where the property is situated is the basis for determining law applicable.

Question 24

Lex loci celebrationis

Answer 24

Law of the place where the contract was executed is the basis for determining law applicable

Question 25

Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege

Answer 25

there is no crime where there is no law punishing it

Question 26

Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea

Answer 26

The act itself does not make a man guilty unless his intention were so.

Question 27

Actus me invito factus non est meus actus

Answer 27

An act done by me against my will is not my act