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🧠 Legal Term of the Day: Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea An act does not make a person guilty unless the mind is also guilty. This Latin maxim is a cornerstone of criminal law, expressing the idea that a person shouldn’t be found guilty without a guilty mind (mens rea). However, ⚖️ this does not apply in all cases. Some strict liability offences do not require proof of intent or mental fault — the act alone may be enough for criminal responsibility. 💡 Knowing when mens rea is…

📜 Legal Term of the Day: “Nemo plus iuris transferre potest quam ipse habet” ✒️ Translation: No one can transfer more rights than they have. 🧠 Simple Explanation: If you don’t legally own something, you can’t give or sell it to someone else. Think of it like this – you can’t give away a car that doesn’t belong to you. ⚖️ Why it matters: This legal principle protects property rights and prevents fraud. It’s often used in contract and property law. 🛍️ Want to learn more Latin legal…

Ever heard of Res Ipsa Loquitur? This fancy Latin phrase means "the thing speaks for itself" ⚖️. Swipe to learn how accidents can point the finger at who's responsible ➡️ Stay tuned and let us know in the comments what legal phrases you want us to feature next! . . . . . #LegalDoctrinesDecoded #legalhistory #legalterms #legaldoctrines #ResIpsaLoquitur #Torts #lawschool #legalthemed #thecounsellecollection #counsELLEcollection™️ #thecounsELLEcollection #counsELLE™️ #counselleco

Reading Time: 9 minutesA technical and confusing language of the law Legal terms can be extremely confusing for laypeople, yet lawyers seem to employ them at whim. Every law school student is required to learn this, so they pick it up over their years in law school, use it in their professional lives daily and eventually might not …

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The College Law Dictionary is a handy and compact law dictionary for students that provides accurate meanings of more than 15,000 legal maxims, Latin terms, and words & phrases commonly used in various fields of law, with references to relevant statutes and judicial pronouncements.

Carmina Cantabrigiensia Manuscr-C-fol436v Despite the "modernization" efforts of legal scholars and the attempts to stamp out old legal terms and forms, the law retains its heritage of Latin and obfustication. In the United States, our entire court system is based on the concept of stare decisis (another Latin term) that means literally, "to stand by things." You might refer to this as the conservation of decisions. The courts are bound to consider the prior rulings of other judges which…

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A glossary of Latin terms and phrases in law, science, academia, and more. Definitions, origins, translations and usage in modern language.

The last two posts in this series covered some of the more persistently used Latin phrases used by lawyers and judges. It is interesting that the law has preserved this archaic connection to is dim past, but genealogists who do research into any of the multitude of aspects of our legal history often run into these phrases. My goal was to not only define the terms but give some of the legal background about how they are used. I have been limiting my comments to about ten terms per post but in…