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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.
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. It is a philosophical razor that suggests a way of eliminating unlikely explanations for human behavior. It is probably named after a Ronald M. Hanlon, who submitted the statement to Murphy's Law Book Two: More Reasons Why Things Go Wrong!
An action, document, or transaction which is void is of no legal effect whatsoever: an absolute nullity—the law treats it as if it had never existed or happened. The term void ab initio , which means "to be treated as invalid from the outset", comes from adding the Latin phrase ab initio (from the beginning) as a qualifier.
the law is not concerned with minimal things The rule that the law will not remedy an injury that is minimal. [11] de novo: anew Often used in the context of "trial de novo" – a new trial ordered when the previous one failed to reach a conclusion. deorum injuriae diis curae: The gods take care of injuries to the gods
It seems to me that nothing had been done at that time to pass the property out of the nephew and vest it in the plaintiff. A proposal had been made, but there had before that day been no acceptance binding the nephew. Willes J. Coats v. Chaplin [4] is an authority to shew that John Felthouse might have had a remedy against the auctioneer ...
Prejudice is a legal term with different meanings, which depend on whether it is used in criminal, civil, or common law.In legal context, prejudice differs from the more common use of the word and so the term has specific technical meanings.
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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.