A legal maxim is an established principle or proposition of law, and a species of aphorism and general maxim. The word is apparently a variant of the Latin...

Maxims of equity are legal maxims that serve as a set of general principles or rules which are said to govern the way in which equity operates. They tend...

Philosophy portal Aphorism Brocard Ethics Legal maxim Morality Paremiology Principle Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, Maxim (Oxford University Press 2008) p....

Look up maxim in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Maxim or Maksim may refer to: Maxim (magazine), an international men's magazine Maxim (Australia), the...

admonition, sequestration. In English and American jurisprudence, there is a legal maxim (albeit one sometimes honored in the breach) that for every right, there...

A number of Latin terms are used in legal terminology and legal maxims. This is a partial list of these terms, which are wholly or substantially drawn...

or (2) simply a synonym for "aphorism"; they include: Brocard Gnome Legal maxim Motto: a saying used frequently by a person or group to summarize its...

misrepresentation was rife and caveat emptor ('let the buyer beware') was a common legal maxim. Variations of the phrase include le client n'a jamais tort ('the customer...

generally distinct from those of an adage, brocard, chiasmus, epigram, maxim (legal or philosophical), principle, proverb, and saying; although some of these...

novit curia is a Latin legal maxim expressing the principle that "the court knows the law", i.e., that the parties to a legal dispute do not need to plead...

through another does the act himself", is a fundamental legal maxim of the law of agency. It is a maxim often stated in discussing the liability of employer...

not legitimate unless it is good and right. It has become a standard legal maxim around the world. This view is strongly associated with natural law theorists...

of tort law and is attributed to the Roman jurist Ulpian. The legal phrase or legal maxim casum sentit dominus is a tenet of Roman private law and a feature...

such orders to be issued by the Courts is best explained by the Latin legal maxim "Actus curiae neminem gravabit" which, translated to English, stands...

Maxim (stylized in all caps) is an international men's magazine, devised and launched in the UK in 1995, but based in New York City since 1997, and prominent...

A brocard is a legal maxim in Latin that is, in a strict sense, derived from traditional legal authorities, even from ancient Rome. According to the dictionaries...

system is a modern legal system derived from the ancient Roman legal system (as opposed to the English common law system). The maxim and its equivalents...

medieval legal scholars began to research Roman codes and adapt their concepts to the canon law, giving birth to the jus commune. Latin legal maxims (called...

constitutional law and criminal procedure, the sugar bowl refers to a legal maxim relating to one of the restrictions on searches and seizures imposed...

"Justice delayed is justice denied" is a legal maxim. It means that if legal redress or equitable relief to an injured party is available, but is not...

dissented: "judges do and must legislate". There is a controversial legal maxim in American law that "Statutes in derogation of the common law ought...

contexts. The name comes from the full statement of the doctrine, a legal maxim in Latin: Lex specialis derogat legi generali. The doctrine ordinarily comes...

injuria) (Latin: "to a willing person, injury is not done") is a Roman legal maxim and common law doctrine which states that if someone willingly places...

right. Nulle terre sans seigneur ("No land without a lord") was a feudal legal maxim; where no other lord can be discovered, the Crown is lord as lord paramount...

the legal maxim "amicable settlement is the best verdict" (al-sulh sayyid al-ahkam). In court disputes, qadis were generally less concerned with legal theory...

have an unbiased means by which to ascertain the general will. Thus the legal maxim, "there is no law without a sovereign." According to Hendrik Spruyt,...

highest] law"; or "The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law") is a maxim or principle found in Cicero's De Legibus (book III, part III, sub. VIII)...

successfully enforce immoral laws, such laws are legally invalid. The view is captured by the maxim: "an unjust law is no law at all", where 'unjust'...

Acts of the Apostles, altered forms of the slogan were applied as a legal maxim in canon law and later in secular law. The phrase was also a central...

simple. Nulle terre sans seigneur ("No land without a lord") was a feudal legal maxim; where no other lord can be discovered, the Crown is lord as lord paramount...