- Regula est, juris quidem ignorantiam cuique nocere, facti vero ignorantiam non nocere
- The rule is that a person's ignorance of the law may render him guilty, but that his ignorance of fact will not.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Regula est, juris quidem ignorantiam cuique nocere, facti vero ignorantiam non nocere
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