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Audi alteram partem

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Literal Meaning of Audi alteram partem is "Let the other side be heard as well." No person should be judged without a fair hearing in...
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Ut res magis valet quam pereat

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Literal meaning is "It is better for a thing to have effect than to be made void." Ravindra Babu Shriwas and Ors. vs. State...
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Damnum sine injuria

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Literal meaning is Damage without legal injury. Damage in the sense of money, Loss of comfort , service , health etc. without infringement of...
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Actori incumbit probatio

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The Literal Meaning is "On the plaintiff rests the proving." The burden of proof is on the plaintiff. Anguo Jiao v Authority 23."A Commission...
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A fortiori

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Literal Meaning is "From stronger." An a fortiori argument is an "argument from a stronger reason", meaning that because one fact is true, that a...
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Legal Right

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Salmond defines legal right as: An interest or privilege recognized and protected by a rule of law and the respect for which is the...
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Custom

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The rules of human conduct established by usage of the peopleprevailing since times immemorial and which are regarded as legally binding bycourts because of...
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Presumption

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Presumption is a legal device by which judges draw a particular inference as to the existence or non-existence of a particular fact, from other facts, unless...
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Legislature

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Legislature Derived from two Latin words: Legis, which means law and Latum,which means to make. Definition: Legislature is that organ of state whose function is to...
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Law in abstract sense

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The law in abstract sense means the fundamental principles and generalnotions of law common to all legal systems or a particular legal system.
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