The Latin maxims and terms of art that run through the common law, with the literal translation and the legal sense given separately. Jurisdiction-neutral wherever the law allows, and explicit about the split when England and Wales, the United States or other systems part company. For law students anywhere, and for anyone who has to read a contract.
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The maxims that appear in the first term and never stop appearing: what each phrase literally says, and the legal work it actually does.
80 total questions
Card #1
stare decisis
Card #2
res ipsa loquitur
Card #3
mens rea
1. 'Stare decisis' most nearly means:
2. Which part of a judgment binds later courts?
3. 'Res ipsa loquitur' is most often invoked in:
1. The mental element of a crime is called ___ rea.
Hint: 'guilty mind'
2. 'The thing speaks for itself' is res ipsa ___.
Hint: from loqui, to speak
3. A judicial order testing the lawfulness of detention is a writ of ___ corpus.
Hint: 'that you have the body'
