Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

IGNORANTIA FACTI EXCUSAT

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ILLEVIABLE

are voidable and relievable in law and equity. 2 Kent, Comm. 491, and notes. Ignorantia facti excusat, ignorantia ju ris non exeusat. Ignorance of the fact ex cuses; ignorance of the law excuses not. Every man must be taken to be cognizant of the law; otherwise there is no saying to what extent the excuse of ignorance may not be carried. 1 Coke, 177; Broom, Max. 253. Ignorantia juris quod quisque tenetur scire, neminem exeusat. Ignorance of the [or a] law, which every one is bound to know, excuses no man. A mistake in point of law is, in criminal cases, no sort of defense. 4 Bl. Comm. 27; 4Steph. Comm. 81; Broom, Max. 253; 7 Car. & P. 456. And, in civil cases, ignorance of the law, with a full knowl edge of the facts, furnishes no ground, either in law or equity, to rescind agreements, or reclaim money paid, or set aside solemn acts of the parties. 2 Kent, Comm. 491, and note. Ignorantia juris sui non prsejudlcat juri. Ignorance of one's right does not prej udice the right. Lofit, 552. Ignorantia legis neminem exeusat. Ignorance of law excuses no one. 4 Bouv. Inst. no. 3828; 1 Story, Eq. Jur. § 111; 7 Watts, 374. IGNORATIO ELENCHI. Lat. In logic. An overlooking of the adversary's counter-position in an argument. Ignoratis terminis artis, ignoratur et ars. Where the terms of an art are un known, the art itself is unknown also. Co. Iitt. 2a. IGNORE. 1. To be ignorant of, or un acquainted with. 2. To disregard willfully; to refuse to rec ognize; to decline to take notice of. 3. To reject as groundless, false, or un supported by evidence; as when a grand jury ignores a bill of indictment. Ig-nosciturei qui sanguinem suum qualiter redemptum voluit. The law holds him excused from obligation who chose to redeem his blood (or life) upon any terms. Whatever a man may do under the fear of losing his life or limbs will not be held bind ing upon him in law. 1 Bl. Comm. 131. IKENILD STREET. One of the four great Roman roads in Britain; supposed to be so called from the IcenU LLET. A little island.

ILL. In old pleading. Bad; defective in law; null; naught; the opposite of good or valid. ILL FAME. Evil repute; notorious bad character. Houses of prostitution, gaming houses, and other such disorderly places are called " houses of ill fame," and a person who frequents them is a person of ill fame. I L L AT A ET INVECTA. Things brought into the house for use by the tenant were so called, and were liable to the jru hypothecs of Roman law, just as they are to the landlord's right of distress at common law. ILLEGAL. Not authorized by law; illicit; unlawful; contrary to law. Sometimes this term means merely that which lacks authority of or support from law; but more frequently it imports a violation. Etymologically, the word seems to convey the negative meaning only. Bat in ordinary use it has a severer, strong er signification; the idea of censure or condemna tion for breaking law is usually presented. But the law implied in illegal is not necessarily an ex press statute. Things are called "illegal" for a violation of common-law principles. And the term does not imply that the act spoken of is immoral or wicked; it implies only a breach of the law. 1 Abb. Pr. (N. S.) 432; 48 N. H. 196; Id. 311; 3 Sneed, 64. ILLEGAL CONDITIONS. All those that are impossible, or contrary to law, im moral, or repugnant to the nature of the transaction. ILLEGAL CONTRACT. An agreement to do any act forbidden by the law, or to omit to do any act enjoined by the law. I L L E G A L TRADE. Such traffic or commerce as is carried on in violation of the municipal law, or contrary to the law of na tions. See ILLICIT TRADE. ILLEGITIMACY. The condition before the law, or the social status, of a bastard; the state or condition of one whose parents were not intermarried at the time of his birth. ILLEGITIMATE. That which is con trary to law; it is usually applied to bastards, or children born out of lawful wedlock. The Louisiana Code divided illegitimate childrea into two classes: (1) Those born from two persona who, at the moment when such children were con ceived, could have lawfully intermarried; and (2) those who are born from persons to whose mar riage there existed at the time some legal impedi ment. Both classes, however, could be acknowl edged and take by devise. 12 Eob. (La.) 66. ILLEVIABLE. Not leviable; that can not or ought not to be levied. CowelL

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