Legal Maxims for CLAT: Words C and D Notes
Causa Celebre : A celebrated case
Causa Causans : The immediate cause
Carte Fide : In good faith, honesty
Causa Sine Qua Non : Factor essential to the occurring of event
Caveat : An order given to officers may “let him beware”
Caveat Emptor : Let the buyer beware
Caveat Venditor : Let the seller beware
Canveat Viator : Let the traveller beware
Certiorari : An order of a higher court which quashes the decision of lower court
Compos Mentis : Of sound mind
Consensus, Non Concubitus, Facit Matrimonium : It is the consent of the parties, not their cohabitation which constitutes a valid marriage
Consensus Ad Idem : Agreement as to the same thing
Corpus Delicti : The substance of the crime
Coup D’etat : Violent or illegal change
Coup D’grace : Finishing stroke
Culpa : Wrongful default
Legal Maxims for CLAT: Starting with Words D Notes
Damnum Sine Injuria : Damage without legal injury
De Die In Diem : From day to day
De Facto : In fact
De Jure : In law
De Novo : New
Decree : Order of court pronounced after hearing the case
Decree Nisi : A conditional decree
Defeasible Right : Right which can be defeated
Doli Capax : Capable of crime
Doli Incapex : Incapable of crime
Double Jeopardy : A second prosecution for the same offence
Durante Absentia : During absence
Durante Vita : During life
