Legal Maxims Flashcards
(18 cards)
res nullius
thing belonging to no one
nemo dat quod non habet
no one can convey a better title than he himself has, you cannot transfer what you don’t have
right in rem
right against the whole world
right in personam
right against an individual
right in re aliena
right in another’s property
right in re propria
right in one’s own property
doctrine of imminent domain
the state has the right to acquire any property it wishes
inter vivos
in between parties, living persons incl legal persons
nemo est heres viventis
no one is the heir of a living person
alienatio rei prae fertur juri accrescendi
law favours alienation to accumulation
qui facet allium facet per se
he who acts through another does the act himself
spes successionis
chance of a heir apparent
interest in praesenti
interest created in the present
res communes
things common to all
nullus commodum capere potest de injuria sua propria
no person can take advantage of their own wrong
accessorium principale sequitur
accessory follows the principal thing
ut res magis valeat quam pereat
let the thing be more valued than it perishes
pen ejusdem generis
of similar nature
