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Nemo allegans turpitudinem suam audiendus est
Nemo allegans turpitudinem suam audiendus est, the maxim applies when fraud is committed by the party sought to take advantage of the maxim, not fraud on
Origine propria neminem posse voluntate sua exim manifestum est
is able, of his own pleasure, to do away with his proper origin.) For the application of this maxim, see Broom's Legal maxims
In jure non remota causa, sed proxima spectatur
to be regarded. --Bacon, max., reg. 1.--(In law, the proximate, and not the remote, cause is regarded.) The maxim is chiefly applied to cases of marine insurance, as to which it was held by the House of
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A vinculo matrimonii
safety of their souls), the issue (if any) were illegitimate, and the parties could contract another marriage. This maxim directs the construction to be put upon Acts of Parliament, against the express letter of which the Courts
Contemporanea expositio est optima et fortissima in lege
in lege. 2 Inst 11.-(A contemporaneous exposition is the best and most powerful in law.)-2 Inst. 211. A maxim applicable both to ancient grants and statutes: see Broom's Legal Maxims.
Allegans suam turpitudinem non est audiendus
suam turpitudinem non est audiendus. 4 Inst. 279.-(A person alleging his own infamy is not to be heard.)-This maxim of the civil law is no part of the law of evidence in England; and it is doubtful
Actio personalis moritur cum persona.
who did the battery or the other die, the action is gone' (Noy, 9th Edn., p. 20). This maxim states the general rule that actions of tort are destroyed by death of either the injured or the
Ignorantia facti excusat, ignorantia juris non excusat
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
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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time of his purchase, is entitled to priority in equity, as well as at law, according to the maxim: 'Where conflicting equities are equal, the law shall prevail.' Nor will equity prevent a bona fide purchaser, without
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