Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Contractus ex turpi causa vel contra bonos mores nullus est
A contract founded on a wrongful consideration or against good morals is null.
Pacta quae contra leges constitutionesque vel contra bonos mores fount nullam vim habere, indubitati juris est
It is a matter of unquestionable law that contracts against the laws and statutes, or against moral standards, have no force.
contra bonos mores
[Latin "against good morals"] Offensive to the conscience and to a sense of justice. ( Contracts contra bonos mores are voidable. -Also termed contra bonos mores et decorum; adversus bonos mores."Whatever is contra bonos mores et decorum, the principles of our law prohibit, and the King's court, as the general censor and guardian of the public manners, is bound to restrain and punish." Jones v. Randall, 98 E.R. 706, 707 (1774) (per Mansfield, C.J.).