Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
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 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 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