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Expressio eorum qu' tacite insunt nihil operatur
has no effect.) See Broom's Max., citing Doe v. Alexander, (1814) 2 M. & S. 525, where the maxim was applied by Dampier, J., and other cases.
Copyhold
the lord. The minerals in copyhold land belong to the lord, and so does the timber, whence the maxim, 'The oak scorns to grow save on free land.' There are four circumstances necessary to the existence of
Fraud
v. Secretary of state for Home Deptt., (1983) 1 All ER 765] that it is dangerous to introduce maxims of common law as to effect of fraud while determining fraud in relation to statutory law. In Pankaj
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Equity
analogies, and does not assume any power to subvert its doctrines. This is amply shown by two well-known maxims of the Court of Chancery, viz., 'quitas sequitur legem, and Where the Equities are equal, the Common Law
Error qui non resistitur, approbatur
stands by and encourages the sale, or does not forbid it, will be bound by the sale. (See Maxims 137, 883, 884).
Ex turpi causa non oritur actio
oritur actio.-(No right of action arises from a base cause.) See Ex DOLO MALO, etc. There are also maxims, Ex maleficio non oritur contractus and Ex facto illicito non oritur actio, to the same effect.
Qui in jus dominiumue alterius succedit jure ejus uti debet
he who succeeds to the right or property of another ought to be clothed with his right. (See Maxims 82, 483).
Judge
and also by s. 304 of the Public Health Act, 1936. See INTEREST. The following are the chief maxims relating to judges:- Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur. (The judge is condemned when a guilty person escapes punish-ment.)
Lex
the motion of a magistrate of senatorial rank, as a consul, a pr'tor, or a dictator. The principal maxims under this head are as follows:-
Nullus commodum capere potset de injuria sua propria
propria. Co. Litt. 148 b, (No one can obtain an advantage by his own wrong.) See Broom's Leg. Maxims and the cases cited, e.g., Hooper v. Lane, (1857) 6 HLC 461, per Bramwell, B.; and Doe v.
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