Latin Legal Terms
Definitions and South-African-law usage notes for the Latin terms judges, lawyers, and textbooks routinely cite. Free, indexed, and updated as new terms are curated from our source library.
- actus legitimuslawful act
Actus legitimus refers to a formal legal act that the law recognises as valid in itself and that traditionally cannot be made subject to a condition or term. In South African private-law and procedural writing, the phras
#contract#procedure#property - animo et factoby intention and by act
This phrase indicates that a legal consequence is established through both a mental element and an outward act. In South African law it is commonly used where intention must be accompanied by conduct showing implementati
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