Audi alteram partem
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 which each party is given...
Ut res magis valet quam pereat
Literal meaning is "It is better for a thing to have effect than to be made void."
Ravindra Babu Shriwas and Ors. vs. State...
Damnum sine injuria
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
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
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...
Glossary
Legal Right
Salmond defines legal right as: An interest or privilege recognized and protected by a rule of law and the respect for which is the...
Glossary
Presumption
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
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
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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Ethical Jurisprudence
It is that kind of jurisprudence which studies law as it ought to be. In otherwords ethical jurisprudence is the study of ethical or...