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Maxims (Legal)

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

Short sayings in which principles of law of wide application are laid down. They are known to all systems of jurisprudence: thus, "Casus nocet domino" and "Ignorantia juris nocet" are maxims of Roman law; "Nobody can plead his own wrong" and "You can not come into a court of equity but with clean hands" are maxims of English law. Of the maxims which are current in the Talmud many belong to substantive law, others to the law of evidence and procedure. The following may be cited as examples:

Law of Evidence and Procedure.

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Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Maxims (Legal)'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​m/maxims-legal.html. 1901.