HAVE YOU KNOWN YOUR LEGAL MAXIMS IN LATIN? HERE IT IS!!!



1.              Amicus curiae- friend of the court.
2.              Accipere Quam facere praestat insuriam- it is better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice.
3.              Abbundas cautela non nocet- there is no harm done by great caution.
4.              Aedificicatum solo, solo, cedit- what is built on the land is to be regarded as having become part of the land.

5.              Aequitas sequitur legem- equity follows the law
6.              Affirmanti non neganti inlumbit probatin- the burden of proof is upon him who affirms not upon him who denies.
7.              Affectio tua nomen imponit open tuo- your motives gives a name to your act.
8.              Advocatatus diaboli- devil’s advocate
9.              Actus non facit reum, nisi, rea mens sit- an act does not make the doer of it guilty unless the mind be guilty, i.e. unless the intent is criminal.
10.          Argumentum ad crumenan- an argument to the purse i.e. to one’s in interest.

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