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  2. Legal maxim - Wikipedia

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    A legal maxim is an established principle or proposition of law, and a species of aphorism and general maxim.The word is apparently a variant of the Latin maxima, but this latter word is not found in extant texts of Roman law with any denotation exactly analogous to that of a legal maxim in the Medieval or modern definition, but the treatises of many of the Roman jurists on regular ...

  3. Everything which is not forbidden is allowed - Wikipedia

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    (2) The power of the state serves all citizens and can be only applied in cases, under limitations and through uses specified by a law. (3) Every citizen can do anything that is not forbidden by the law, and no one can be forced to do anything that is not required by a law. The same principles are reiterated in the Czech Bill of Rights, Article 2.

  4. Category:Legal doctrines and principles - Wikipedia

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    Abstraction principle (law) Acquiescence; Act of state doctrine; Actio libera in causa; Administration of justice; Agent of record; Aggregate effects doctrine; Alternative liability; Assignment of income doctrine; Assumption of risk; Assured clear distance ahead; Attractive nuisance doctrine; Attribution (law) Audi alteram partem

  5. Maxims of equity - Wikipedia

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    Maxims of equity are legal maxims that serve as a set of general principles or rules which are said to govern the way in which equity operates. They tend to illustrate the qualities of equity, in contrast to the common law, as a more flexible, responsive approach to the needs of the individual, inclined to take into account the parties' conduct and worthiness.

  6. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    An example is law prohibiting genocide. jus gentium: law of nations Customary law followed by all nations. Nations being at peace with one another, without having to have an actual peace treaty in force, would be an example of this concept. jus in bello: law in war Laws governing the conduct of parties in war. jus inter gentes: law between the ...

  7. Iura novit curia - Wikipedia

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    The maxim also means the parties cannot limit the court's legal cognition (that is, the authority to determine the applicable law). [ 3 ] In its most wide-reaching form, the principle of iura novit curia allows the court to base its decision on a legal theory that has not been the subject of argument by the parties. [ 4 ]

  8. Lions enter playoffs tops in the NFC for first time as they ...

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    The Detroit Lions' 31-9 win over the Minnesota Vikings in the final game of the 2024 regular season had a playoff vibe to it. The spoils for the Lions (15-2) were the No. 1 seed in the NFC and ...

  9. Nemo auditur propriam turpitudinem allegans - Wikipedia

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    Nemo auditur propriam turpitudinem allegans is a civil law maxim [1] which may be translated into English as "no one can be heard to invoke his own turpitude" [2] or "no one shall be heard, who invokes his own guilt". [3]