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This is a maxim of tort law: "Ex turpi causa non oritur actio".

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Important Questions on Legal Maxims

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Self Study Guide Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for Legal Reasoning>Chapter 6 - Legal Maxims>Practice Exercise>Q 15
What is the 'ratio decidendi' in a judgement?
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Self Study Guide Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for Legal Reasoning>Chapter 6 - Legal Maxims>Practice Exercise>Q 16
What does the 'sine qua non' rule, in terms of causation, mean?
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Self Study Guide Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for Legal Reasoning>Chapter 6 - Legal Maxims>Practice Exercise>Q 17
The doctrine of 'stare decisis' underpins the common law system. What is 'stare decisis'?
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Self Study Guide Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for Legal Reasoning>Chapter 6 - Legal Maxims>Practice Exercise>Q 18
Textbooks are always referring to 'obiter dicta' (sometimes shortened to just dicta). What are 'obiter dicta'?
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Self Study Guide Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for Legal Reasoning>Chapter 6 - Legal Maxims>Practice Exercise>Q 19
Oops, the House of Lords has stated that a case heard in the Court of Appeal is 'per incuriam'. What did they mean?
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Self Study Guide Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for Legal Reasoning>Chapter 6 - Legal Maxims>Practice Exercise>Q 20
Tort seems to be full of catchy Latin phrases-what does 'Volenti Non Fit Injuria' mean?
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Self Study Guide Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for Legal Reasoning>Chapter 6 - Legal Maxims>Practice Exercise>Q 21
I love the phrase 'doli incapax'. What does it mean?
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Self Study Guide Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for Legal Reasoning>Chapter 6 - Legal Maxims>Practice Exercise>Q 22
Who is amicus curiae?