Legal Maxim

S No.	Legal Maxim term	Meaning
1.	Ab initio	From the beginning
2.	Action personalis moritur cum persona	A personal right of action dies with the person
3.	Actionable per se	The very act is punishable and no proof of damage is required
4.	Ad idem	At the same point
5.	Amicus Curiae	A friend of court or member of the Bar who is appointed to assist the court
6.	Audi alteram partem	Hear the other side
7.	Bona finde	In good faith, genuine
8.	Consensus ad idem	Agreement as to the same thing. (Meeting of the minds)
9.	Sine die	With no day (indefinitely)
10.	Suo Motu	On its own motion
11.	Per se	By itself; taken alone
12.	Prime facie	At first sight; on the face of it.
13.	Quid pro quo	Something for something (action done in return for something done)
14.	Res ipsa loquitur	The thing speaks for itself
15.	Status quo	State of things as they are now.
16.	Jus in personam	Right against a specific person
	Jus in rem	Right against the world at large
	Locus standi	Right of a party to an action to appear and be heard by the court.
	Lex loci actus	Law of the place where the act took place
	Mala fide	In bad faith
	Mens rea	Guilty mind
	Misnomer	A wrong or inaccurate name or term
	Modus operandi	Way of working
	In statu quo	In the present state.
	Id or idem	The same thing or the same person
	Intra personam	A proceeding in which relief is sought against a specific person
	In lieu of	Instead of
	Ipso facto	By the very nature of the case; by the mere fact
	Injuria sine damno	Injury without damage
	Ex gratia	As a favour
	Ex officio	Because of an office held.
	Cy pres	As nearly as may be practicable/ possible
	Corpus legis	Body of laws
	Damnum sine injuria	Damage without injury.
	De facto	In fact. (as a matter of fact)
	De jure	By law