Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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De minimis non curat lex

The law does not notice or concern itself with trifling matters.

Lex non curat de minimis

The law is not concerned with matters of least consequence.

de minimis

adj. [Latin "of the least"] 1. Trifling; minimal. 2. (Of a fact or thing) so insignificant that a court may overlook it in deciding an issue or case. 3. DE MINIMIS NON CURAT LEX.

de minimis non curat lex

[Latin] The law does not concern itself with trifles. - Often shortened to de minimis.