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In law, ignorantia juris non excusat ( Latin for " ignorance of the law excuses not"), [1] or ignorantia legis neminem excusat ("ignorance of law excuses no one"), [2] is a legal principle holding that a person who is unaware of a law may not escape liability for violating that law merely by being unaware of its content.
3 Dis 2023 · The legal maxim "ignorance of the law is no excuse" is encapsulated in the Latin phrase, "ignorantia juris non excusat." It signifies a fundamental principle in many legal systems whereby individuals are presumed to know and understand the laws of the jurisdiction in which they live or act, and they cannot escape liability for violating the law ...
The judge, Lord Evershed, said that the ‘ignorance of the law is no excuse’ principle could NOT apply in this case because nothing was done to allow Mr. Lim to find out about this prohibition order against him.
2 Jan 2018 · The maxim ‘ignorance of the law is no excuse” has much to answer for. Defendants arguing that they did not know or misunderstood the law have been told that their ignorance or mistake made no difference to their liability.
There’s an important legal principle that says “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” That’s right: you can’t defend your actions by arguing you didn’t know they were illegal, even if you honestly did not realize you were breaking the law.
18 Apr 2024 · The maxim also dubbed as ‘ignorantia legis non excusat’ or ‘ignorantia juris haud excusat’, also as ‘ignorantia juris neminem excusat’, which means ‘ignorance of the law excuses no one’.
8 Mac 2018 · Douglas Husak’s book is an intelligent, wide-ranging exploration of the legal principle ‘ignorance of law is no excuse’. This principle is one of the few pieces of legal doctrine known by...
3 Dis 2019 · Under what circumstances should ignorance that someone is violating a moral or criminal rule preclude or lessen his moral responsibility and/or penal liability? In this chapter, I first construct a schema or framework for how to think about this issue. Quite a bit of...
20 Jun 2017 · An ancient maxim of the law is ignorantia juris non excusat, or ignorance of the law does not excuse. Put another way, it is presumed that the public knows the laws, and a defense of ignorance is typically not allowed.
19 Jun 2019 · The Government also argues that whether an alien is “illegally or unlawfully in the United States” is a question of law, not fact, and thus appeals to the well-known maxim that “ignorance of the law” (or a “mistake of law”) is no excuse.
