Ignorantia Facti Excusat Law and Legal Definition
Ignorantia Facti Excusat is a Latin legal maxim that means ignorance of a fact is an excuse. Any act done under a mistaken impression of a material fact is excused. Acts and contracts made under a mistake or an ignorance of a material fact are voidable. However ignorance of law is not an excuse.
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- Accord and Satisfaction
- Ad Quaestiones Facti Non Respondent Judices; Ad Quaestione Legis Non Respondent Juratores
- Ademption by Satisfaction
- Ambiguitas Verborum Latens Verificatione Suppletur; Nam Quod Ex Facto Oritur Ambiguum Verificatione Facti Tollitur
- American Customer Satisfaction Index
- Argumentum Ad Ignorantiam
- Contrafaction
- Faction (Constitution)
- Ignorantia Juris Non Excusat
- Ignorantia Legis Neminem Excusat
