Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
ignorance of the law is no excuse — ignorance of the law is not a pretex; not knowing the law does not mean that you will not get punished … English contemporary dictionary
ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it — There is a hoary L. legal maxim: ignorantia iuris neminem excusat, ignorance of the law excuses nobody. c 1412 T. HOCCLEVE De Regimene Principum (EETS) 92 Excuse schal hym naght his ignorance. 1530 C. ST. GERMAN Dialogues in English II. xlvi.… … Proverbs new dictionary
excuse — ex·cuse 1 /ik skyüz/ vb ex·cused, ex·cus·ing vt 1: to grant exemption or release to excused the prospective juror excused the witness after an hour of testimony 2 … Law dictionary
law — / lȯ/ n [Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin] 1: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority: as a: a command or provision enacted by a legislature see also statute 1 b:… … Law dictionary
ignorance — I noun benightedness, bewilderment, blindness, darkness, denseness, fog, foolishness, greenness, haze, illiteracy, illiterateness, imprudentia, incapacity, incognizance, incomprehension, ineptitude, inerudition, inexperience, innocence,… … Law dictionary
Ignorance (disambiguation) — Ignorance is a state of being uninformed. Ignorance may also refer to: In social sciences: Pluralistic ignorance, a concept in social psychology Rational ignorance, a concept in epistemology Vincible ignorance, a moral or doctrinal matter in… … Wikipedia
ignorance — ig|no|rance [ ıgnərəns ] noun uncount lack of knowledge or facts about a situation or a particular subject: decisions based on ignorance and prejudice It would have been better to have remained in ignorance. ignorance of: Ignorance of the law is… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ignorance — UK [ˈɪɡnərəns] / US noun [uncountable] lack of knowledge or facts about a situation or a particular subject decisions based on ignorance and prejudice It would have been better to have remained in ignorance. ignorance of: Ignorance of the law is… … English dictionary
law — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. statute, ordinance, regulation, mandate; rule, maxim; precept, axiom, jurisprudence. See legality, permission. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The judicial system] Syn. judicial procedure, judicature, legal… … English dictionary for students
law — see one law for the rich and another for the poor hard cases make bad law ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it every land has its own law necessity knows no law new lords, new laws … Proverbs new dictionary
