📜 The 25 Most Important Legal Maxims

Delhi Law Academy Jaipur presents below for aspirants of Rajasthan Judicial Service (RJS), DJS, PCS (J) and other Judicial Services throughout India a collection of important legal maxims.

• ⚖️Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit reaAn act does not make one guilty unless it is accompanied by a guilty mind.
• ⚖️Actus reusGuilty act.
• ⚖️AlibiAt another place, elsewhere. Incorporated in Section 11 of the Indian Evidence Act; now Section 9 of Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.
• ⚖️Audi alteram partemNo man shall be condemned unheard.
• ⚖️Damnum sine injuriaDamages without injuries.
• ⚖️De Minimis Non Curat LexThe law does not govern trifles (unimportant things). Incorporated in Section 95 IPC.
• ⚖️Doli incapaxIncapable of crime. Incorporated in Section 82 IPC: Nothing is an offence by a child under seven years of age.
• ⚖️EstoppelPrevented from denying. Incorporated in Section 115 of Indian Evidence Act; now Section 121 of Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.
• ⚖️Factum probandumThe facts that need to be proved.
• ⚖️Habeas corpusA writ to have the body of a person brought before the judge.
• ⚖️Ignorantia juris non excusatIgnorance of law is not an excuse.
• ⚖️Injuria sine damnumInjury without damage.
• ⚖️Ipso factoBy the mere fact.
• ⚖️Locus standiRight of a party to appear and be heard by the court.
• ⚖️Mandamus‘We command’. A writ issued to compel the performance of public duty.
• ⚖️Mens reaGuilty mind.
• ⚖️Nemo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causaNo man shall be punished twice for the same offence. Incorporated in Article 20 Clause 2 of the Constitution of India.
• ⚖️Nemo moriturus praesumitur mentireNo man at the point of death is presumed to lie. Incorporated in Section 32 of Indian Evidence Act; now Section 26 of Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Dying Declaration).
• ⚖️Onus probandiBurden of proof. Incorporated in Section 102 of Indian Evidence Act; now Section 105 of Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.
• ⚖️Qui facit per alium, facit per seHe who acts through another acts himself. Fundamental maxim of law of agency.
• ⚖️Res ipsa loquitorThe thing speaks for itself. Read under Section 106 of Indian Evidence Act.
• ⚖️Res JudicataA matter already judged. Read under Section 40 of Indian Evidence Act.
• ⚖️Sine qua nonWithout which nothing. An essential condition.
• ⚖️Ubi jus ibi remediumWhere there is a right, there is a remedy.
• ⚖️Volenti non fit injuriaDamage suffered by consent gives no cause of action. Incorporated in Section 87 IPC.

📍 Delhi Law Academy – Jaipur Branch
6C, Tower 2, Coaching Hub, Pratap Nagar, Jaipur – 302033

📞 Phone:
+91 9911916552
+91 8447285606

✉️ Email:
contactus@delhilawacademy.com