de minimis non curat lex
Related to de minimis non curat lex: de minimus non curat lex
de minimis non curat lex
From Latin, meaning "the law does not care about the smallest things," a legal principle asserting that trivial matters are not worthy of judicial scrutiny. They want to drag our entire company to court because of a scratch on their car that they allege was caused by one of our machines. I implore the court to acknowledge that this clearly falls under the doctrine of de minimis non curat lex.
See also: DE, lex, minimis, non
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- lex
- excusat
- ignorantia
- ignorantia juris non excusat
- not for a second
- not for a minute
- not for a moment
- aint
- ain't
- not for a instant