Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Dolus
[Latin "device; artifice"] Roman & civil law. 1. Fraud or deceit; conduct intended to deceive someone. ( Although there may be dolus without fraud, fraud always includes dolus. Cf CASUs; CULPA. 2. Intentional aggression; willful injury, esp. to another's property. - Also termed dolus malus; fraus. "In the twelfth century the resuscitated Roman law introduced some new ideas. Men began to contrast, as Glanvill does civil with criminal causes to speak of dolus and cupa and casus and to lay stress on the psychical element in crime 2 frederick Pollock & Frederic W Maitland History of English law Before the Time of Edward
Dolus auctoris non nocet successori
The fraud of a predecessor does not prejudice the successor.
Dolus circuitu non purgatur
Fraud is not purged by circuity.
Dolus est machinatio, cum aliud dissimulat aliud agit
Deceit is an artifice, since it pretends one thing and does another.
Dolus et fraus nemini patrocinentur (patrocinari debent)
Deceit and fraud should excuse or benefit no one (they themselves require some excuse).
Dolus latet in generalibus
Fraud lurks in generalities.
Dolus versatur in generalibus
Fraud deals in generalities.
Fraus et dolus nemini patrocinari debent.
Fraud and deceit should excuse no one.
In commodato haec pactio, ne dolus pra-Vetur, rata non est
In a loan for use (cor,.modatum), a pact excluding liability for fraud is invalid. a Often extended to contracts for loans in general. Dig. 13.6.17.
Magna culpa dolus est. Great fault
is equivalent to fraud.
Magna negligentia culpa est; magna culpQ dolus est
Great negligence is fault; great fault is fraud.
Vulla pactione effici potest ne dolus praestetur
No agreement is sufficient to effect that there be no liability for fraud. Dig. 2.14.27.3.
dolus bonus
[Latin "good deceit"] Shrewdness or justifiable deceit, as when a person lies to an attacker to prevent an assault. ( Dolus bonus does not produce any legal consequences.
dolus malus
[Latin "bad or evil deceit"] Evil or fraudulent design or intent; an unjustifiable deceit.