Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Res inter alios acta alteri nocere non debet

Things done between others ought not to injure an outsider (not party to them).

res inter alios acta

[Latin "a thing done between others"] 1. Contracts. The common-law doctrine holding that a contract cannot unfavorably affect the rights of a person who is not a party to the contract. 2. Evidence. The rule prohibiting the admission of collateral facts into evidence.