Test: Legal Maxims - 2 - CLAT MCQ

The Latin Maxim/word/term stands for the impossibility of performing a legal obligation due to a reasonably unforeseeable situation.
Hence option B is the right answer.

The Latin Maxim/word/term means "in equal fault (better is the condition of the possessor)", is a legal term used to indicate that two persons or entities are equally at fault, whether the malfeasance in question is a crime or tort.
Hence option B is the right answer.

The Latin Maxim/word/term A gift of personal property made by someone who expects to die in the immediate future, taking full effect only after the donor dies.
Hence option C is the right answer.

The Latin Maxim/word/term means, when two parties have equal rights, the advantage is always in favor of the possessor.
Hence option A is the right answer.

The Latin Maxim/word/term Proceeding against a party, where the person giving help has a share in the damages to be recovered.
Hence option C is the right answer.

The presumption of innocence is the legal principle that one is considered innocent unless proven guilty.
Hence option A is the right answer for this legal maxim/word.

Not actually referring to common law; this term refers to common doctrine and principles of civil law that underlie all aspects of civilian legal systems and that formed the basis of medieval Roman law.
Hence option C is the right answer for this legal maxim/word.

Falsus procurator (Latin literally: "false representative") is the legal technical term for a representative without power of representation (Austrian apparent agent). The term comes from Roman law. The female form is falsa procuratrix. Who makes legal statements in the name of another , eg. B. concludes a contract of sale without being authorized to act as falsus procurator.
Hence option A is the right answer for this legal maxim/word.

Prohibition against double jeopardy. A legal action cannot be brought twice for the same act or offense.
Hence option D is the right answer for this legal maxim/word

In Latin this legal word means “In contemplation of approaching death”. A phrase sometimes used in reference to a deathbed gift, or a gift causa mortis, since the giving of the gift is made in expectation of approaching death. A gift causa mortis is distinguishable from a gift inter vivos, which is a gift made during the donor's (the giver's) lifetime.
Hence option B is the right answer for this legal maxim/word.

Laws common to all people, that the average person would find reasonable, regardless of their nationality.
Hence, option C is correct.

Laws governing the conduct of parties in war.
Hence option C is the right answer for this legal maxim/word.

Not having mental capacity to perform some legal act.
Hence Option B is the right answer for this legal maxim/word.

Internationally agreed laws that bear no deviation, and do not require treaties to be in effect. An example is law prohibiting genocide.
Hence, option C is correct.

A body of water under the jurisdiction of a state or nation, to which access is not permitted, or is tightly regulated.
Hence option C is the right answer for this legal maxim/word.