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Legal Maxims – Vancouver Family Law (1083 words) |
 | Ex turpi causa non oritur actio An illegal contract cannot be enforced. |
| Lex non requirit verificari quod apparet curiae The law does not require verification of that which is apparent to the Court. |
| Non aliter a significatione verborum recedi oportet quam cum manifestum est aliud sensisse testatorem There should be no departure from the ordinary meaning of words except where it appears that the testator meant something different. |
| Notable Court Decisions Re: Torts (22349 words) |
| Ex turpi causa non oritur actio, no action shall arise out of an improper or immoral cause. |
| Classical Holding: Where people give no deterrent notice to potential trespassers of the intentionally injurious traps that they have set solely to protect their property from trespassers, and that trap injures a trespasser who is not actually assaulting them or their family, they are liable for damages. |
| However, the court reasoned that it is "inhuman to catch a man by means which may maim him or endanger his life", and that since the D. set the traps solely for the purpose of inflicting injury to trespassers, it was a wrongful act. |
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