de minimis non curat lex

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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.
See also:
  • 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