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Reasonable and probable cause
646. Reasonable and probable cause means an honest belief in the guilt of the accused based upon a full conviction, founded upon reasonable grounds, of the existence of a state of circumstances, which, assuming them to be
Acquintance
by which one is discharged from a debt or other obligation, a receipt or release indications payment in full, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 24. Acquittance is a discharge in writing of a sum of money
Maxim
see Law Times Newsp. For January 14, 1905. Consult Broom's Legal Maxims; Mew's Digest, tit. 'Maxims,' and see full collections in Encyclop'dia of the Laws of England, and in Bouvier's Law Dictionary, tit. 'Maxim' (where about 1500
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Ignorantia facti excusat, ignorantia juris non excusat
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
Notice
fide purchaser for a valuable consideration without notice; for, otherwise, such bona fide purchaser would not enjoy the full benefit of his own unexceptionable title. If a person, who has notice (except in the case of a
University
that by means of divers restrictions, tests, and disabilities many of her Majesty's subjects are debarred from the full enjoyment of the same,' makes various provisions for the removal of religious tests. See Reg. v. Hertford College,
Possession is nine points of the law
is nine points of the law. This adage is not to be taken to be true to the full extent, so as to mean that the person in possession can only be ousted by one whose title
Way
& 23 Geo. 5, c. 45), public use of way as of right and without interruption for a full period of twenty years is conclusive that way is a public highway, unless of such a character that
Age
at their own disposal, may alien their lands, goods and chattels and possess the parliamentary and municipal franchise. Full age in male or female is 21 years, which age is completed on the day preceding the twenty-first
Consideration
the old law, that if A. owes B. 100l. and B. agrees to take and takes 90l. in full satisfaction for the debt, without any other or fresh consideration, B. can nevertheless sue A. for the remaining
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