Vigilantibus Non Dormientibus Aequitas Subvenit Law and Legal Definition
Vigilantibus non dormientibus aequitas subvenit is a Latin maxim that means equity aids the vigilant, not the ones who sleep over their rights. It provides an equitable defense. When a person invokes defense that the opponent had slept over his/her rights and have approached the court after a long delay, the court checks into the reason for delay of the opponent in invoking his/her rights. Failure to assert one’s rights in a timely manner can result in a claim's being barred by laches. Laches is a form of estoppel for delay. The burden of putting the defense of laches is on the person who is responding to the claims to which it applies. Laches alleges prejudicial delay and unfairness in the context of a particular situation.
Legal Definition list
- Vigilante
- Vigilant
- View Tax
- View Ordinance
- Vietnam Era
- Vigilantibus Non Dormientibus Aequitas Subvenit
- Vigilantibus Non Dormientibus Jura Subveniunt
- Vigorish
- Village
- Villein
- Villeinage
Related Legal Terms
- Ab Abusu Ad Usum Non Valet Consequentia
- Ab Assuestis Non Fit Injuria
- Absoluta Sententia Expositore Non Indiget
- Accessorium Non Ducit Sed Sequitur Suum Principale
- Actus Me Invite Factus Non Est Meus Actus
- Actus Non Facit Reum Nisi Mens Sit Rea
- Ad Quaestiones Facti Non Respondent Judices; Ad Quaestione Legis Non Respondent Juratores
- Administration De Bonis Non
- Administration De Bonis Non Cum Testamento Annexo
- Administrator De Bonis Non [D.B.N]
