Test: Legal Maxims - 3 - CLAT MCQ

The sovereign never dies

The thing perishes to its owner, the laws falls on the owner.

An accessory follows the principal.

When there is a right there is a remedy.

Debtor follows the person of the debtor

An action does not arise from a bare promise

A delegated power cannot be further delegated

The law does not concern itself with trifling matters

It ought not to be done, but if done it is valid

Mere false description does not vitiate the object

An action does not arise from a bare promise.

An insane person is regarded as an absent person

A judgment always accepted as true

A judgment pronounced by a judge to decide in a matter falling within his jurisdiction is of no effect

In equal delict, the position of the defender is the stronger

The immediate and not the remote cause is to be considered

The things speak for itself

A matter adjudged is taken for truth

A thing that has no owner naturally belongs to the first taker

The thing perishes to its owner, the laws falls on the owner

Credence is given to the witness not to their testimony

The thing perishes to its owner, the laws​​ falls on the owner

The land passes with its burdens

A thing that has no owner naturally belongs to the first taker

Private disadvantage is counter balanced by public good

The stipulation of parties constitute the law of the contract

An accessory follows the principal

No cohabitation but consent make marriage

Consent makes law

The cause of a cause is the cause of the effect

It is the consent of the parties, not their cohabitation which constitutes a valid marriage

The immediate and not the remote cause is to be considered.

Necessity makes that lawful which otherwise unlawful

Public necessity is greater than private

No one can be heir during the life of his ancestor

No one is punished for another’s crime

At all the time

At the right time

At the wrong time

At certain time