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res inter alios acta [Late Latin, literally, thing done among others] : something transacted between other parties NOTE: This term is used in reference to matters not involving the same parties as those in litigation. Evidence of such matters is generally inadmissible. ...
Res inter alios acta alteri nocere non debet
Res inter alios acta alteri nocere non debet (a trans-action between strangers ought not to injure another party), e.g., the sworn evidence of a witness in one cause cannot be made available in another cause between other parties. consult Best on Evidence, bk. 3, pt. 2, ch. 5, where it is pointed out that the maxim, in many varying forms, was well known both in the Civil and Canon Law; and see also Broom's Legal Maxims, citing the Duchess of Kingston's case, (1771) 20 How St Tr 335; 2 Sm LC, and other cases in illustration of the rule, and Higham v. Ridgway, (1808) 10 East, 109; 2 Sm LC, and other cases in which entries of a deceased stranger declarant against his interest, or in the course of his business, have been held admissible, in illustration of the exceptions....
Jusjurandum inter alios factum nec nocere nec prodese debet
Jusjurandum inter alios factum nec nocere nec prodese debet [Lat.], An oath made by others ought neither to hurt nor profit....
Omnia pr'sumuntur solemniter [or rite] esse acta
Omnia pr'sumuntur solemniter [or rite] esse acta. Co. Litt. 6, (All things are presumed to have been done rightly.) Similarly, Omnia pr'sumuntur rite et solemniter esse acta donec probetur incontrarium. Co. Litt. 232, (All things are presumed to have been rightly and duly performed until it is proved to the contrary.) See also AIR 1930 Cal 228....
inter partes
inter partes [Latin] : between the parties [a consent decree is not simply a contract inter partes, unlike a settlement] ;specif : having or involving adverse parties [an issue of an invalid application may also arise in inter partes proceedings where an adversary raises the issue "In re Compagnie Generale Maritime, 993 F.2d 841 (1993) (dissent)"] compare ex parte ...
Acta exteriora indicant interiora secreta
Acta exteriora indicant interiora secreta [Lat.], External actions show internal secrets.The law, in some cases, judges of a man's previous intentions by his subsequent acts. On this principle, if a man abuse and authority given him by the law, he becomes a trespasser ab initio....
Ex diuturnitate temporis omnia prasumuntur rit et solennitur esse acta
Ex diuturnitate temporis omnia prasumuntur rit et solennitur esse acta [Lat.], From lapse of time, all things are presumed to have been done rightly and regularly....
Alio intuitu
Alio intuitu, with a collateral motive, a motive other than the professed one: e.g., when a man brings an action by way of advertising his goods....
Cepit in alio loco
Cepit in alio loco, a plea in replevin, when the defendant took the goods in another place than that mentioned in the declaration....
In alio loco
In alio loco [Lat.] (in another place)....
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