Maygha Viswanat The law relating to contracts forms one of the most fundamental aspects of the legal arena. We individuals get into contracts on a day to day basis be it with friends, relatives or colleagues. Since, we live in a world where we keep entering into contracts, it often becomes imperative to analyse the…
Sai Manoj Reddy Res communis and res nullius are the two legal maxims which have a great significance in the legal world and mainly in the laws related to seas, space and many natural resources. These two legal maxims take us back to the roman philosophy from which these maxims are born. In Roman law…
Lohitashwa Pratap Singh Corpus delicti translated to “body of crime” is a term that refers to the principle that a crime must have been proven to have occurred before a person can be convicted of committing that crime. Black’s Law dictionary defines “corpus delicti” as the “fact of a crime having been actually committed”. The…
Mahima Gherani Ratio decidendi is a Latin phrase meaning “the reason” or the “rationale for the decision”. The term ‘ratio” means the ‘the measure of the quantity in other’ and ‘decidendi’ means decision. It is the point in a case which determines the judgement and explains the principals established in d case. According to Salmond…
Maygha Viswanat Being in the legal fraternity and as law students we often come across the term “Locus Standi.” This maxim forms the deciding factor when a case comes up before the court. It is thus the very basic requirement for the case to be heard by the presiding judge. In simple parlance it means,…
Balakumar Rajendran Latin term meaning of Non Compos Mentis is “Not of a sound mind, memory, or understanding.” Defendants could argue in their defence that they were not responsible for the crime, owing to the fact that they are not sound in mind and therefore they cannot be held liable for their act. This type…
Lohitashwa Pratap Singh No man can be judge in his own cause Nemo debet esse judex in propria sua causa is a fundamental rule in the administration of justice ,that a person cannot be judge in a cause wherein he is interested; nemo sibi esse judex vel suis jus dicere debet; and, therefore, in the reign…
Sai Manoj Reddy Injuria Sine Damno is used in law of torts and is related to damages. The meaning of the above maxim is infringement of an absolute private right without any actual loss or damage. Here the actual damage means physical loss in terms of money, comfort, health, etc. This maxim says that in the…
Adyasree Prakriti Sivakumar “Ignorantia juris non excusat” is a Latin legal maxim, on literal interpretation, means Ignorance of Law is not an excuse. This is one of the most important and basic concepts any lawyer or legal academician should know. Also, being law students it becomes necessary for us also to know about it. This…
Mahima Gherani This commonly used Latin maxim means “of the same kind, class or nature”. Known as a “canon of construction”, it states that while interpretation or construction of a statute the first thing which is done by the court is to assign literal meaning to the statute in question, but in case, there exists…