ex turpi causa non oritur actio
ex turpi causa non oritur actio 'an action will not arise from a dis- graceful basis'. In the modern law the disgraceful element is usually considered in terms of illegality or immorality. The doctrine, once confined to contract, often appears in other areas of the law, in par- ticular TORT. However, as the modern law has created many offences and crimes that involve little or no turpitude, the maxim is seldom applied as a strict bar to action: Pitts v. Hunt [1991] 1 QB 24; Weir v. Wyper 1992 SLT 579.162
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facility and circumvention in the Scots law of contract, the doctrine that a weak and facile person who has been taken advantage of and suffered loss can have a contract reduced.
- reset
- res gestae
- residence order
- Resident Magistrate (RM)
- res inter alios acta nocere non debet
- res ipsa loquitur
- res merae facultatis
- resolutions of a company
- res perit domino
- respondeat superior
- respondent
- restatements
- restitutio in integrum
- restitution
- rest period
- restrictive covenant
- retention
- retention of title
- revocation
- revolving credit facility
- right of abode
- right of support
- right of way
- rights issue
- right to silence