Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Aequitas ignorantiae opitulatur, oscitantiae non item
Equity assists ignorance but not complacency (or carelessness).
Argumentum ad ignorantiam
[latin] an argument based on an adversary's ignorance of the matter in dispute.
Ignorantia eorum quae quis scire teneturnon excusat
Ignorance of those things that anyone is bound to know does not excuse.
Ignorantia excusatur non juris sed facti.
Ignorance of fact is excused but not ignorance of law.
Ignorantia facti excusat, ignorantia jurisnon excusat
Ignorance of fact excuses; igno rance of law does not excuse. ( Every person must be considered cognizant of the law; other wise, there is no limit to the excuse of ignorance.
Ignorantia judicis est calamitas innocentis.
The ignorance of the judge is the misfortune of the innocent.
Ignorantia juris non excusat
Ignorance of the law does not excuse.
Ignorantia juris quod quisque scire teneturneminem excusat.
Ignorance of the law, which everyone is bound to know, excuses no one.
Ignorantia juris sui non praejudicat juri.
Ignorance of one's right does not prejudice the right.
Ignorantia legis neminem excusat
Ignorance of law excuses no one.
Ignorantia praesumitur ubi scientia non probatur
Ignorance is presumed where knowledge is not proved.
Juris ignorantia est cum jus nostrum ignoramus
It is ignorance of law when we do not know our own right.
Juris quidem ignorantiam cuique nocere, facti verum ignorantiam non nocere
Ignorance of law is prejudicial to everyone, but ignorance of fact is not.
Regula est, juris quidem ignorantiam cuique nocere, facti vero ignorantiam non nocere
The rule is that ignorance of the law is harmful (or prejudicial) to anyone, but ignorance of a fact is not.( Ignorance of a fact may excuse a party from the legal consequences of his conduct, but not ignorance of law.
Scientia sciolorum est mixta ignorantia
The knowledge of smatterers is ignorance diluted.
ignorantia
[Latin] Ignorance; esp., ignorance of the law."Ignorantia . . . . Divided in the civil law, into ignorantia facti (ignorance of fact) and ignorantia juris (ignorance of law). Lord Coke accepts this division ...." 2 Alexander M. Burrill, A Law Dictionary and Glossary 40 (2d ed. 1867).
ignorantia facti
[Latin] Ignorance of fact.
ignorantia facti excusat
[Latin] Ignorance of fact is an excuse; whatever is done under a mistaken impression of a material -fact is excused or provides grounds for relief. ( This maxim refers to the principle that acts done and contracts made under mistake or ignorance of a material fact are voidable.
ignorantia juris
[Latin] Ignorance of law. Under Roman law, this type of ignorance (unlike ignorantia facti) did not excuse mistaken conduct, except in the case of minors and those under disability.
ignorantia juris non excusat
[Latin] Lack of knowledge about a legal requirement or prohibition is never an excuse to a criminal charge. ( In English, the idea is commonly rendered ignorance of the law is no excuse. -Often shortened to ignorantia juris. - Also termed ignorantia juris neminem excusat (ignorance of the law excuses no one); ignorantia legis non excusat; ignorantia juris haud excusat