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"Delays in the law are hateful" – In diem vivere in lege sunt detestabilis – is a Latin legal maxim. [15] On the other hand, "No delay [in law] is long concerning the death of a man," is another Latin lawyer's aphorism. [15] And, "It is not to be imagined, that the King will be guilty of vexatious delays." [16]
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.
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 ...
"Everything which is not forbidden is allowed" is a legal maxim. It is the concept that any action can be taken unless there is a law against it. [1] [2] It is also known in some situations as the "general power of competence" whereby the body or person being regulated is acknowledged to have competent judgement of their scope of action.
Qui facit per alium facit per se (anglicised Late Latin), [1] which means "He who acts through another does the act himself", is a fundamental legal maxim of the law of agency. [2] It is a maxim often stated in discussing the liability of employer for the act of employee in terms of vicarious liability." [3] According to this maxim, if in the ...
Proposed: 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 ...
Equality before the law is a tenet of some branches of feminism. In the 19th century, gender equality before the law was a radical goal, but some later feminist views hold that formal legal equality is not enough to create actual and social equality between women and men.
A selection of legal maxims, classified and illustrated. ... Harter v. Vernon, 101 F.3d 334 (4th Cir. 1996 ... an project "to eliminate poor quality patents and ...