Legal Language, Legal Writing and General English

Part of

3 Year Course (First Year Sem I)

5 Year Course (Third Year Sem V)

Topics

A. Grammar Usage

Brief revision of rules of grammar and punctutation

B. Comprehension, Composition and Communication Skills

C. Legal Maxims

• Salus populi suprema lex esto
• Rex non potest peccare
• audi alteram partem
• nemo debet esse judex in propria sua causa
• de minimis non curat lex
• quod ab initio non valet in tractu temporis non convalescit
• ubi jus ibi remedium
• in jure non remota causa sed proxima spectatur
• actus dei nemini facit injuriam
• ignorantia facti excusat ignorantia juris non excusat
• volenti non fit injuria
• nullus commodum capere potest de sua injuria propria
• res ipsa loquitur
• actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea
• nemo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causa
• cessante ratione legis cessat et ipsa lex
• acta exteriora indicant interiora secreta
• domus sua cuique tutissimum refugium
• nemo est haeres viventis
• leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant
• nova constitutio futuris formam imponere debet non praeteritis
• noscitur a sociis
• expressio unius est exclusio alterius
• nemo dat quod non habet
• Caveat Emptor
• respondeat superior
• vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt
• actio personalis moritur persona
• nemo tenetur seipsum accusare

D. Legal Concepts

• Law
• Customs
• Justice
• Right
• Duty
• Wrong
• Civil Wrong
• Criminal Wrong
• Remedy
• Fact
• Person
• Offence
• Person
• State
• Plaint
• Complaint
• Suit
• Affidavit
• Judgement
• Appeal
• Review
• Revision
• Reference
• Writ
• Stay Order
• Injunction
• Adjournment
• Cause of Action
• Issue
• Charge
• Bail
• Ex Parte
• Discharge
• Acquital
• Conviction
• Legal heirs
• Legal Representative
• Power of Attorney
• International Law
• Arbitration
• Jurisdiction
• Amicus Curiae

E. Legislative Materials

F. Judicial Material

G. Official Reports – Specified Law Reports

H. Journals, Periodicals, Law Magazines and Abbreviations

I. Citations and References

J. How to Search Case Laws