Legal maxims are concise, Latin phrases that encapsulate fundamental principles of law, serving as guiding principles for the judiciary. These maxims are used to interpret and apply the law effectively.
Word Q: legal Maxims
Quantum Merit : As a person earned
Quash : Making null or invalid or making end to a legal proceeding
Quasi Contract : A contract between a party comes
Quasi Judicial : Sharing of qualities of and approximating to what is judicial
Qui Facit Per Alium Facit Per Se : He who acts through another is deemed to act in person
Qui Per Alium Facit Per Seipsum—Facere Videtur : He who does an act through another is deemed in law to do it himself
Quid Pro Quo : Something for something
Quo Warranto : Order of a court in the form of writ directed the person in authority to show by what right he claim it
Quorum : Minimum number of persons necessary for conduct of proceeding of parliament
Quo Jure : By what right
Word R: legal Maxims
Raison D’etre : Reason for the existence of a thing
Rapprochement : Restoration of harmonious relations
Ratio Decidendi : Principle laid down by the court in deciding a case
Rebus Sic Stantibus : Binding bill circumstances remain the same
Res Gestae : The facts so connected with a fact in issue so as to explain its nature
Res Judicata : A case already decided
Res Nullis : A things which has no owner
Respondent Superior : Let the principle be held responsible
Responsa Prudentium : The answer of the learned in law.The opinions and decisions of learned lawyers
Word S: legal Maxims
Salus Populi Est Suprema Lex : The welfare of the people is the paramount law
Sine Die : Indefinitely
Sine Qua Non : Indispensable condition.
Spes Successionis : Mere hope of succeeding to property
Stare Decisis : The principle that decision of courts in previous cases must be followed in subsequent cases of similar nature
Status Quo : To maintain the present state of affairs
Statute : An act of parliament
Sub Judice : Under judicial consideration or in course of trial
Subpoena : An order of a court to a person to appear and give evidence before it
Sui Generis : The only one of its kind
Suo Moto : On its own
Supra : Above
