Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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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.