Nemo Ex Consilio Obligatur

No man is bound for the advice he gives. Story, Bailm. § 155. NEMO EX DOLO SUO PROPRIO RELEvetur, aut auxilium capiat. Let no one be relieved or gain an advantage by his own fraud. A civil-law maxim. NEMO EX PROPRIO DOLO CONSEQUItur actionem. No one acquires a right of action from his own wrong. Broom, Leg. Max (3d London Ed.) 270. NEMO EX SUO DELICTO MELIOREM suam conditionem facere potest. No one can improve his condition by his own wrong. Dig. 50. 17. 134. 1. NEMO IN PROPRIA CAUSA TESTIS ESse debet. No one can be a witness in his own cause. But to this rule there are many exceptions. 1 Bl. Comm. 443; 3 Bl. Comm. 370. NEMO INAUDITUS CONDEMNARI DEbet, si non sit contumax. No man ought to be condemned unheard, unless he be contumacious. Jenk. Cent. Gas. 18.