- Ab Initio– From the beginning
- Actusreus- A guilty deed or act
- Actusneminifacitinjuriam- The act of the law does no one wrong
- Actus non facitreum nisi mens sit rea– The act does not make any one guilty, unless it is coupled with a guilty mind
- Audi alterampartem– Hear the other side
- Bona fide– In good faith
- Caveat emptor– Let the buyer beware
- Consensus ad idem– Meeting of minds/ Agreement as to the same things
- Damnum sine injuria– Damage without legal injury
- De facto– In fact
- De Jure– / According to law
- De minimislex non-curat– The law does not notice trifling act/matter
- Ex nudopacto action non oritur– No action arise on a contract without a consideration
- Ex parte- Proceeding brought by one in absence of another
- Injuria non excusatinjuriam– A wrong does not excuse a wrong
- Ipso facto– By that very Fact
- Injuria sine damnu- Legal damage without any actual loss
- Judex non potestesse testis in propiracausa– A judge cannot be witness in his own cause
- Mensrea– Guilty state of Mind
- Nemodebetessejudex in propriacausa- No one can be judge in his own cause
- Prima facie– On the face of it
- Res ipsaloquiter- The thing speaks for itself
- Stare decisis- To stand be precedents
- Ubi jus ibiremedium- Where there is a right there is a remedy
- Volenti non fit inuria- Voluntary assumption of risk
