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Contemporanea expositio
language in old statutes, Doypock Systems (P.) Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1988 SC 782 (801). The maxim contemporanea expositio as laid down by Coke was applied to construing ancient statutes, but not to interpreting Acts
Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea.
to be dead; see the elaborate judgment of Stephen, J., pp. 184 et seq., who, however, described the maxim as most unfortunate and misleading. An intention to offend against the penal provisions of a statute constitutes mens
Absoluta sententia expositare non indiget
Absoluta sententia expositare non indiget [Lat.], legal maxim meaning Plain words need no explanation.
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Abbreviation
and such abbreviations as are commonly used. See 1923, W. N. 288. In 9 Rep. 48 is this maxim, Ille numerus et sensus abbreviationum accipiendus est ut concessio non sit inanis. (In abbreviations such number and sense
Proverb
a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth or the result of experience and observation a maxim a saw an adage
Protasis
A proposition a maxim
Pompom
originally a Vickers Maxim one pounder automatic machine cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt attached to the gun popularly
Fitly
In a fit manner suitably properly conveniently as a maxim fitly applied
volenti non fit injuria
volenti non fit injuria : to one who is willing no harm is done used as a common-law maxim expressing the principle that one is not injured when a risk is voluntarily assumed compare assumption of risk
Consolidation of mortgages
of the properties and thus 'consolidate' the mortgages. This right of the mortgagee was an application of the maxim, 'He who seeks equity must do equity'; it was not considered fair to the mortgagee to allow the
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