Nemo Tenetur Divinare Law and Legal Definition
P> Nemo tenetur divinare is a legal maxim in Latin. This principle states that no one is bound to divine the future.
The following is an example of a case in which the maxim was referred to:
In the present case, Smith, the trustee, must be considered as the representative of the interest of all parties. It was not necessary to make the cestuis que trust parties; the complainants knew not who they were. Nemo tenetur divinare. [Knox v. Smith, 45 U.S. 298 (U.S. 1846)].
Legal Definition list
- Nemo Tenetur Ad Impossibile
- Nemo Prohibetur Pluribus Defensionibus Uti
- Nemo Prohibetur Plures Negotiationes Sive Artes Exercere
- Nemo Potest Nisi Quod De Jure Potest
- Nemo Plus Juris Ad Alium Transferre Potest Quam Ipse Habet
- Nemo Tenetur Divinare
- Nemo Tenetur Prodere Seipsum
- Nemo Tenetur Se Ipsum Prodere
- Nemo Tenetur Seipsum Accusare
- Neo-Liberalism
- Neo-Marxism Theory
Related Legal Terms
- Accusare Nemo Se Debet Nisi Coram Deo
- Cogitationis Poenam Nemo Patitur
- Minor Tenetur In Quantum Locupletior Factus
- Nemo Ad Littus Maris Accedere Prohibetur
- Nemo Allegans Suam Tupitudinem Audiendus Est
- Nemo Cogi Potest Praecise Ad Factum, Sed In Id Tantum Quod Interest
- Nemo Contra Factum Suum Venire Potest
- Nemo Dat Quod Non Habet
- Nemo Debet Bis Vexari Si Constat Curiae Quod Sit Pro Una Et Eadem Causa
- Nemo Debet Esse Judex In Propria Causa
