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Quia timet

Quia timet, is the right to be protected against anticipated future injury that cannot be prevented by the present action. The doctrine of 'quia timet' permits equitable relief based on a concern over future probable injury to certain rights or interest, where anticipated future injury cannot be prevented by a present action at law, such as where there is a danger that a defense at law might be prejudiced or lost if not tried immediately, 27A Am. Jur. 2d Equity 93, at 581.Means 'because he fears'. A legal doctrine that allows a person to seek equitable relief from future probable harm to a specific right or interest, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1260.Means an action brought to prevent a wrong that is apprehended, Kushab Gogoi v. Hon'ble Speaker, Assam Legislative Assembly, (1995) 1 Gau LR 53....


Quia Timet Bill

Quia Timet Bill, a bill filed for the purpose of quieting a present apprehension of a probable future injury to property. In order to succeed in a quia timet action the plaintiff must prove imminent danger of a substantial kind, or that the apprehended injury, if it does come, will be irreparable, Fletcher v. Bealey, (1885) 28 Ch D 688; and Colls v. Home and Colonial Stores, 1904 AC 179....


Justitia debet esse libera, quia nihil iniquius venali justitia; plena, quia justitia non debet claudicare; et celeris, quia dilatio est quaedam negatio

Justitia debet esse libera, quia nihil iniquius venali justitia; plena, quia justitia non debet claudicare; et celeris, quia dilatio est quaedam negatio [Lat.], Justice ought to be unbought, because nothing is more hateful than venal justice; full, for justice ought to be defective; and quick, for delay is a certain denial....


Justitia debet esse LIBERA, quia nihil iniquius venali justitia; PLENA, quia justitia non debet claudicare; et CELER, quita dilatio qu'dam negatio

Justitia debet esse LIBERA, quia nihil iniquius venali justitia; PLENA, quia justitia non debet claudicare; et CELER, quita dilatio qu'dam negatio. 2 Inst. 56.-(Justice ought to be unbought, because nothing is more hateful than venal justice; full, for justice ought not to halt; and quick, for delay is a kind of denial.) compare the 29th chapter of Magna Charta, post, MAGNA CHARTA....


Aliquis non debt esse judex in propria causa, quia non potest esse judex et pars

Aliquis non debt esse judex in propria causa, quia non potest esse judex et pars [Lat.], A person ought not to be judge in his own cause, because he cannot act as judge and party....


Eventus est qui ex causa sequitur; et dicitur eventus quia ex causis evenit

Eventus est qui ex causa sequitur; et dicitur eventus quia ex causis evenit [Lat.], An event is that which follows from a cause; and is called an event, because it results from causes....


Menus mortua, quia possessio est immortalis, manus pro possessione et mortua pro immortali

Menus mortua, quia possessio est immortalis, manus pro possessione et mortua pro immortali [Lat.], Mortmain (dead hand) because it is an immortal possession; 'manus' stands for possession, and 'mortua' for immortal....


Novum judicium non datnovum jus, sed declarat antiquum; quia judicium est juris dictum et per judicium jus est noviter revelatum quod diu fuit velatum

Novum judicium non datnovum jus, sed declarat antiquum; quia judicium est juris dictum et per judicium jus est noviter revelatum quod diu fuit velatum. 10 Co. 42, (A new adjudication does not make a new law, but declares the old; because adjudication is the utterance of the law, and by adjudication the law is newly revealed which was for a long time hidden,)...


Ordinarius Income-tax Act dicitu quia habet ordinariam jurisdictionem, in jure proprio, et non propter deputationem

Ordinarius Income-tax Act dicitu quia habet ordinariam jurisdictionem, in jure proprio, et non propter deputationem. Co. Litt. 96, (The ordinary is so called because he has an ordinary jurisdiction in his own right, and not a deputed one.)...


Qui jussu judicis aliquod fecerit non videtur dolo malo fecisse, quia parere necesse est

Qui jussu judicis aliquod fecerit non videtur dolo malo fecisse, quia parere necesse est. 10 Rep. 76, (He who does an act by command of a judge is not considered to act from a wrongful motive, because it is his duty to obey.) See Broom's Leg. Max....


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