Key Maxims & Legal Terms
- Mistake of fact: A good excuse in law.
- Injuria sine damno: Injury to a legal right without an actual damage.
- Discordance between law & fact: Arises because of (Fictio Juris, Presumptio Juris, and Rebuttable/Conclusive Presumptions).
- Lex Externa: The ordinance of Divine wisdom of universal governance.
- Res nullius: The ownerless things.
- Animus Confitendi: With an intention to confess.
- Lex loci contractus: Place where the contract was made.
- Summons: A written order issued by a Court of Justice.
- Subpoena: Means Under a penalty.
- Jus soli: Means Grant of nationality on the basis of place of birth.