ignorance of law

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• ignorance of law — state of being unaware or uninformed of a law …   English contemporary dictionary

• law — / lȯ/ n [Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin] 1: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority: as a: a command or provision enacted by a legislature see also statute 1 b:… …   Law dictionary

• ignorance — I noun benightedness, bewilderment, blindness, darkness, denseness, fog, foolishness, greenness, haze, illiteracy, illiterateness, imprudentia, incapacity, incognizance, incomprehension, ineptitude, inerudition, inexperience, innocence,… …   Law dictionary

• Ignorance of the law excuses no man. — Ignorance of the law excuses no man. John Selden Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 …   Law dictionary

• ignorance of law does not exempt from punishment — just because you don t know it s illegal does not mean that you do not get punished …   English contemporary dictionary

• Ignorance — • Lack of knowledge about a thing in a being capable of knowing Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ignorance     Ignorance     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• ignorance — The want or absence of knowledge, unaware or uninformed. Ignorance of law is want of knowledge or acquaintance with the laws of the land in so far as they apply to the act, relation, duty, or matter under consideration. Ignorance of fact is want… …   Black's law dictionary

• ignorance — The want or absence of knowledge, unaware or uninformed. Ignorance of law is want of knowledge or acquaintance with the laws of the land in so far as they apply to the act, relation, duty, or matter under consideration. Ignorance of fact is want… …   Black's law dictionary

• Ignorance (disambiguation) — Ignorance is a state of being uninformed. Ignorance may also refer to: In social sciences: Pluralistic ignorance, a concept in social psychology Rational ignorance, a concept in epistemology Vincible ignorance, a moral or doctrinal matter in… …   Wikipedia

• ignorance of the law is no excuse — ignorance of the law is not a pretex; not knowing the law does not mean that you will not get punished …   English contemporary dictionary

• ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it — There is a hoary L. legal maxim: ignorantia iuris neminem excusat, ignorance of the law excuses nobody. c 1412 T. HOCCLEVE De Regimene Principum (EETS) 92 Excuse schal hym naght his ignorance. 1530 C. ST. GERMAN Dialogues in English II. xlvi.… …   Proverbs new dictionary