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" It is said, ignorantia juris haud excusat; but in that maxim the word jus is used in the sense of denoting general law, the ordinary law of the country. But when the word jus is used in the sense of denoting a private right, that maxim has no application.... "
Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery, the Prerogative Court ... - Page 57
by John Hoff Stewart - 1878
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of ..., Volume 39

New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1885 - 678 pages
...language : " It is said ' iynorantia juris haud excused • ' but in that maxim the word 'jus ' is used in the sense of denoting general law — the ordinary law of the country. But when the word 'jus ' is used in the sense of denoting a private right, that maxim has no application....
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A Treatise on the Law of Fraud and Mistake as Administered in Courts of Equity

William Williamson Kerr - 1868 - 498 pages
...ign&rantia non excused, is not, however, universally applicable in equity (£). If the word Jus is used in the sense of denoting general law the ordinary...be admitted to the general application of the maxim ; hut it is otherwise when the word jus is used in the sense of denoting a private right (K). If a...
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The Canada Law Journal, Volume 7

1872 - 384 pages
...Dacra as authority. "It is said ignorantia jurii hand cxcvmt ; but in that maxim the word 'jus' is used in the sense of denoting general law, the ordinary law of the country ; but when the word 'jus ' is used in the sense of denoting private right, that maxim has no application....
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The Indian Contract Act, No. IX of 1872: Together with an Introduction and ...

India - 1878 - 710 pages
...Westbury said, " It is said ' Ignorantia juris haud excusat ;' but in that maxim the word 'jus ' is nsed in the sense of denoting general law, the ordinary law of the country. But when the word 'jus' is used in the sense of denoting a private right, that maxim has no application....
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Outlines of Equity: Being a Series of Elementary Lectures on Equity ...

Freeman Oliver Haynes - 1874 - 570 pages
...thus : — " Tt is said, ' Iynorantia juris hand excusat,' but iu that maxim ' the word ' jus ' is used in the sense of denoting general law, the ' ordinary law of the country. But when the word 'jus ' is used in the ' sense of denoting a private right, that maxim has no application....
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A Selection of Legal Maxims: Classified and Illustrated

Herbert Broom - 1874 - 880 pages
...CBNS 306 (100 ECLR). 4 " It is said ignoraiitia juris hand excusat, but in that maxim the word jvs is used in the sense of denoting general law, the ordinary law of the country?' " When the word jus is used in the sense of denoting a private right, that maxim has no application."...
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Criminal Law Reports: Being Reports of Cases Determined in the ..., Volume 2

Nicholas St. John Green - 1879 - 838 pages
...170): "It is said ' Tgnarantia juris hauil <-xc,is<it ; ' ' but in that maxim the word 'jus' is-used in the sense of denoting general law. the ordinary law of the country. But when the word 'jus' is used in the sense of denoting a private right, that maxim has no application....
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Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence: Founded on Story

Sir Thomas Wardlaw Taylor - 1875 - 640 pages
...Marsden, 4 DM & G. 230, 236 ; Stone v. Godfrey, 5 DM & G. 76, 90. law, the ordinary law of the country ; but it is otherwise when the word is used in the sense of denoting a private right(a). Accordingly, equity will grant relief where a parly has acted under a misconception, or ignorance...
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Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence: Founded on Story

Sir Thomas Wardlaw Taylor - 1875 - 632 pages
...and this maxim is equally respected in equity (b). But this maxim applies only when the word "jus" is used in the sense of denoting general law, the ordinary law of the country, and not when it is used in the sense of denoting a private right(c). 89. One of the most common cases,...
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A Treatise on the Statute of Frauds

William Fischer Agnew - 1876 - 612 pages
...on that account bo set aside. (b) In the maxim " ignorantia juris baud excusat;" the word "jus" is used in the sense of denoting general law, the ordinary law of the country. Hut when the word " jus " is used in the sense of denoting a private right, that maxim has no application.(c)...
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