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Ignorantia facti excusat, ignorantia juris non excusat. (Ignorance of the fact excuses; ignorance of the law excuses not.) The maxim is often cited simply as Ignorantia legis [or juris] neminem excusat. Therefore, first, money paid with full knowledge of the facts, but through ignorance of the law, is not recoverable if there be nothing against conscience in retaining it; and, secondly, money paid in ignor-ance of the facts is recoverable, provided there have been no laches in the party paying it. See MISTAKE. In criminal cases this maxim applies, as if a man should think he has a right to kill a person excommunicated or outlawed wherever he meets him and does so, this is murder. But a mistake of fact is an excuse, as where a man, intending to kill a thief or house-breaker in his own house, by mistake kills one of his own family, this is no criminal action; see 4 Bl. Com 27. Consult Broom's Leg. Max....
Excusat aut extenuat delictum in capitalibus quod non operatur idem incivilibus
Excusat aut extenuat delictum in capitalibus quod non operatur idem incivilibus. Bac. Max. r. 15.-(That may excuse of palliate a wrongful act in capital cases which would not have the same effect in civil injuries.)...
Ignorantia juria non excusat
Ignorantia juria non excusat, See, Rama Ravalu Gavade v. Sataba Gajadu Gavade, (1997) 1 SCC 261....
Ignorantia juris quod quisque scire tenetur non excusat
Ignorantia juris quod quisque scire tenetur non excusat [Lat.], ignorance of the law, which everybody is supposed to know, does not afford excuse....
Impotentia excusat legem
Impotentia excusat legem. In Re Presidential Elec-tions, AIR 1974 SC 1682 (1686). For an instance of the application of this maxim, see Eager v. Furnivall, (1881) 17 Ch D 121....
Injuria non excusat injuriam
Injuria non excusat injuriam.-(One wrong does not justify another.) See Hilton v. Eckersley, (1856) 25 LJ QB 199....
Necessitas excusat aut extenuat delictum in capitalibus, quod non operatur idem in civilibus
Necessitas excusat aut extenuat delictum in capitalibus, quod non operatur idem in civilibus [Lat.], necessity excuses or extenuates delinquency in capital, which would not operate the same in civil cases....
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