Worksheets30 MCQs on Legal Maxims
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Maxim: Ignorantia juris non excusat means:
Ignorance of law is an excuse
Ignorance of fact is not an excuse
Ignorance of law is no excuse
Ignorance is a defense in criminal law
Audi alteram partem stands for:
Hear the accused only
No one shall be heard twice
Hear the other side
Justice delayed is justice denied
Actus reus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea means:
A guilty act without guilty mind is crime
An act does not make a person guilty unless the mind is guilty
A guilty mind is not important in law
Only guilty act is punishable
Res ipsa loquitur means:
The thing speaks for itself
Silence is consent
The law is supreme
Justice must be seen
Ubi jus ibi remedium means:
Where there is remedy, there is no right
Where there is law, there is remedy
Where there is a right, there is a remedy
Where there is crime, there is punishment
Fiat justitia ruat caelum means:
Justice should be done though the heavens may fall
Justice is blind
Justice delayed is justice denied
Let the heavens fall
Volenti non fit injuria means:
To a willing person, no injury is done
A willing person may be injured
Ignorance is bliss
Consent is not a defense
Lex posterior derogat priori means:
Later law prevails over earlier law
Earlier law prevails over later
Custom prevails over law
Law prevails over equity
Lex specialis derogat legi generali means:
General law overrides special law
Special law overrides general law
Custom overrides special law
Constitution overrides statutes
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio means:
From a wrongful cause, no action arises
Wrong cause gives right to sue
Every wrong has a remedy
Wrongdoer can claim damages
Injuria sine damno means:
Legal injury without actual damage
Damage without legal injury
Damage with injury
Injury with compensation
Damnum sine injuria means:
Damage without legal injury
Injury without damage
Damage with injury
Damage with remedy
Delegatus non potest delegare means:
Delegate may further delegate
Delegate cannot further delegate
Delegate must delegate
Delegate has supreme power
Salus populi est suprema lex means:
Welfare of the people is the supreme law
Law is supreme over people
People are bound to law
Law has no remedy
Nemo judex in causa sua means:
No one should be judge in his own cause
Everyone can be judge of his cause
Judge can decide his own case
Law allows personal judgment
Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus means:
False in one thing, false in everything
Truth must prevail
One false statement proves nothing
Falsehood is permissible
Bona fide means:
In good faith
In bad faith
Without faith
Without remedy
Mala fide means:
In good faith
In bad faith
In true faith
In lawful manner
Ratio decidendi refers to:
The binding principle of a judgment
Obiter dicta of a judgment
Facts of the case
Evidence in a case
Obiter dictum means:
Authoritative ruling
Statement by the way
Binding precedent
Final judgment
Caveat emptor means:
Let the buyer beware
Let the seller beware
Buyer always wins
Seller always wins
Caveat venditor means:
Let the seller beware
Let the buyer beware
Buyer is responsible
Buyer beware of fraud
Qui facit per alium facit per se means:
He who acts through another, acts himself
Only personal acts are punishable
No one can act through others
Delegated acts are invalid
Consensus ad idem means:
Meeting of minds
Meeting of parties in court
Agreement in writing
Consent in ignorance
Pacta sunt servanda means:
Agreements must be kept
Agreements can be broken
Agreements are optional
Agreements require court approval
Lex non cogit ad impossibilia means:
Law compels impossibility
Law does not compel to do impossible
Law compels every act
Law ignores impossibility
Qui prior est tempore potior est jure means:
He who is later in time is stronger in law
He who is earlier in time is stronger in law
Time has no effect in law
Equity overrides time
Nemo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causa means:
No one shall be punished twice for same cause
Everyone can be punished twice
Crime has multiple punishments
No one shall be punished once
Actori incumbit onus probandi means:
Burden of proof lies on defendant
Burden of proof lies on plaintiff
Burden of proof lies on court
Burden of proof lies on both parties
Lex loci means:
Law of the land/place
Law of the judge
Law of the time
Law of the party
