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iura novit curia

iura novit curia proverb: parties to a legal dispute do not need to plead or prove the law that applies to their case.

Proverb

iura novit curia

  1. Parties to a legal dispute do not need to plead or prove the law that applies to their case.

Origin of iura novit curia

Borrowed from Latin iura novit curia. Literally, “the court knows the law”.

Questions about iura novit curia

What does iura novit curia mean?
Iura novit curia means parties to a legal dispute do not need to plead or prove the law that applies to their case.
What part of speech is iura novit curia?
Iura novit curia is a proverb.

Words near iura novit curia in the dictionary

  1. IUP
  2. IUPAC
  3. IUPAC name
  4. IUPAC names
  5. IUPHAR
  6. iura novit curia
  7. Iurii
  8. Iuryi
  9. IUs
  10. ius commune
  11. IUSSI

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