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Let the judges answer to the question of law, and the jurors to the matter of the fact. [Lat., Ad quaestionem juris respondeant judices ad quaestionem facti respondeant juratores.] - Legal Maxim Who can not pay with money, must pay with his body. [Lat., Luat in corpore, qui non habet in aere.] - Legal Maxim In factor of life, liberty, and innocence, every presumption is made. - Legal Maxim, Lofft (125) No one is above the law. - Legal Maxim, Lofft (142) It is the duty of parents to support their children even when illegitimate. - Legal Maxim, Lofft (222) The master is liable for injury done by his servant. - Legal Maxim, Lofft (229) Too great certainty destroys certainty itself. - Legal Maxim, Lofft (244) If two conflicting provisions are found is a will, the last is observed. - Legal Maxim, Lofft (251) Law that is deficient is better that law that is uncertain. - Legal Maxim, Lofft (395) Two negative pleas do not form an issue. - Legal Maxim, Lofft (415) Ignorance of one's right does not prejudice the right. - Legal Maxim, Lofft (552) The law compels no one to show that which he is presumed not to know. - Legal Maxim, Lofft (569) The law does not take notice of a portion of a day. - Legal Maxim, Lofft (572) The law admits no proof against that which it presumes. - Legal Maxim, Lofft (573) In doubtful cases, the presumption always is in behalf of the crown. - Legal Maxim, Lofft's Appendix (248) A general clause of remainder does not embrace those things which are not of the same kind with those which had been specially mentioned. - Legal Maxim, Lofft's Appendix (419) It is the province of a judge to declare the law, not to give it. - Legal Maxim, Lofft's Appendix (42) Any conditions are odious, but especially those which are against marriage and commerce. - Legal Maxim, Lofft's Appendix (644) A prison is ordained not for the sake of punishment, but of detention and guarding. - Legal Maxim, Lofft's Maxims (119) The act of a servant in those things in which he is usually employed, is considered the act of the master. - Legal Maxim, Lofft's Maxims (227) A patent ambiguity cannot be cleared up by extrinsic evidence. - Legal Maxim, Lofft's Maxims (249) Equity abhors superfluous things. - Legal Maxim, Lofft's Maxims (282) An act does not make one guilty, unless the intention be bad. - Legal Maxim, Lofft's Maxims (37) Equity does not make law, but assists law. - Legal Maxim, Lofft's Maxims (379) It is safer to be deceived than to deceive. - Legal Maxim, Lofft's Maxims (396) Displaying page 13 of 18 for this topic: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 [13] 14 15 16 17 18
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