ignorantia juris non excusat
ignorantia juris non excusat
Latin for "ignorance of the law does not excuse," the legal principle that being ignorant of a law does not excuse a person from liability should they break it. The defendant claims that he made the payments without realizing they constituted embezzlement. The prosecution is expected to put forward an ignorantia juris non excusat argument in response.
See also: excusat, ignorantia, non
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- excusat
- ignorantia
- ignorantia legis neminem excusat
- excuse (one) for (something)
- excuse for
- excuse
- use (someone or something) as an excuse (for something)
- use as an excuse
- it won't wash
- It won't wash!