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Ignorantia Excusatur

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

NON JUR- IS sed facti. Ignorance of fact may excuse, but not ignorance of law. See "Ignorance." IGNORANTIA FACTI EXCUSAT; IGNOrantia Juris non excusat. Ignorance of facts Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 231; 1 Fonbl. Eq. (5th Ed.) 119, note. See "Ignorance." IGNORANTIA JUDICIS EST CALAMITas innocentis. The Ignorance of the judge Is the misfortune of the innocent. 2 Inst. 591.