Legal Maxims for CUET BA LLB Examination 2024

Part

Unit

Chapters

I

Judiciary

Structure and Hierarchy of Courts and Legal Offices in India

Constitution, Roles and Impartiality

Appointments, Trainings, Retirement and Removal of Judges

Courts and Judicial Review

II

Topics of Law

Law of Property

Law of Contracts

Law of Torts

Introduction to Criminal Laws in India

III

Arbitration, Tribunal Adjudication, and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Adversarial and Inquisitorial Systems

Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution

Types of ADR

Arbitration, Administrative, Tribunals

Mediation and Conciliation

Lok Adalats

Ombudsman

Lokpal and Lokayukta

IV

Human Rights in India

Introduction – International Context

Constitutional framework and Related laws in India

Complaint Mechanisms of Quasi-judicial Bodies

V

Legal Profession in India

Introduction

The Advocates Act, 1961

The Bar Council of India

Lawyers and Professional Ethics

Advertising by Lawyers

Opportunities for Law graduates

Legal Education in India

Liberalization of the Legal Profession

Women and the Legal Profession in India

VI

Legal Services

Legal background – Free Legal Aid under Criminal law, Legal Aid by the State

Legal Aid under the Indian Constitution

NALSA Regulations 2010

Criteria for giving free Legal Services

Lok Adalats

Legal Aid in Context of Social Justice and Human Rights

VII

International Context

Introduction to International Law

Sources of International Law – Treaties, Customs andICJ Decisions

International Institutions, International Human Rights

Customary International Law

International law & Municipal Law

International Law & India

Dispute Resolution – ICJ, ICC and Other Dispute Resolution Mechanisms

VIII

Legal Maxims

Important Legal Maxims

Meaning with illustrations of the following maxims:

• Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea

• Ad valorem

• Amicus Curiae

• Audi alterem partum

• Assentio Mentium

• Bona fide

• Bona Vacantia

• Caveat Emptor

• Corpus Delicto

• Damnum Sine Injuria

• De Die in Diem

• De Minimis Lex Non Curat

• Doli Incapax

• Ejusdem Generis

• Ex Post Facto

• Ignorantia Facti Excusat – Ignorantia Juris Non Excusat

• Injuria Sine Damnum

• Locus Standi

• Nemo Debet Esse Judex in Propria Sua Causa

• Nemo debt non quad habit

• Noscitur a Sociis

• Obiter Dicta

• Pari Materia

• Per Incuriam

• Qui Facit Per Alium, Facit Per Se

• Quid pro quo

• Ratio Decidendi

• Res ipsa loquitur

• Res Judicata Accipitur Pro Veritate

• Salus Populi Est Suprema Lex

• Stare Decisis

• Ubi Jus Ibi Remedium

Legal maxim

Meaning

Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea

An act does not make anyone guilty unless there is a criminal intent or a guilty mind.

Ad valorem

According to the value

Amicus Curiae

friend of the court.

Audi alterem partum

No men should be condemned unheard

Assentio Mentium

Meeting of minds or mutual consent

Bona fide

In good faith

Bona Vacantia

Goods without an owner

Caveat Emptor

Let the buyer beware

Corpus Delicto

The facts and circumstances constituting a crime and Concrete evidence of a crime, such as a corpse (dead body).

Damnum Sine Injuria

no action will lie if there is actual loss or damage but there has been no infringement of legal right

De Die in Diem

from day to day or a continuing right of action

De Minimis Lex Non Curat

Law is not concerned with insignificant or trifle matters.

Doli Incapax

incapable of doing any harm or incapable of committing a crime.

Ejusdem Generis

of the same kind

Ex Post Facto

From a thing done afterwards

Ignorance of Fact is excusable-Ignorance of Law is not excusable

Ignorance of Fact is excusable-Ignorance of Law is not excusable

Injuria Sine Damnum

injury of legal rights without actual damage

Locus Standi

The right to appear and be heard before the court

Nemo Debet Esse Judex in Propria Sua Causa

No one ought to be a judge in his or her own cause

Noscitur a Sociis

the meaning of an unclear word or phrase should be determined by the words immediately surrounding it.

Nemo debt non quad habit

No one gives what they do not have

Obiter Dicta

incidental or collateral opinion of a judge which is not binding in nature.

Pari Materia

Of the same matter; on the same subject

Per Incuriam

a decision of the court which is mistaken

Qui Facit Per Alium, Facit Per Se

He who acts through another does the act himself

Quid pro quo

Something in return of something

Ratio Decidendi

the reason for the decision

Res ipsa loquitur

The things speaks for itself

Res Judicata Accipitur Pro Veritate

A point judicially decided is taken to be correct

Salus Populi Est Suprema Lex

the welfare of the people is the supreme law

Stare Decisis

To stand by things decided, Doctrine of Precedent

Ubi Jus Ibi Remedium

Where there is a right, there is a remedy