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Legal maxim, A Legal Maxim is an established principle or proposition. The Latin term, apparently a, variant on maxima, is not to be found in Roman law with any meaning exactly analogous to, that of a legal maxim in the Medieval or modern sense of the word, but the treatises of many, of the Roman jurists on Regular definitions, and Sententiae juris are, in some measure,, collections of maxims. Most of the Latin maxims developed in the Medieval era in European, countries that used Latin as their language for law and courts., A, A mensa et thoro -, , From bed and board., , A vinculo matrimonii -, , From the bond of matrimony., , Ab extra -, , From outside., , Ab initio -, , From the beginning., , Absoluta sententia expositore non indiget -, , An absolute judgment needs no, expositor., , Abundans cautela non nocet -, , Abundant caution does no harm., , Accessorium non ducit sed sequitur suum principale -, , An accessory does not draw, but, follows its principal., , Accessorius sequitur -, , One who is an accessory to crime, cannot be guilty of a more serious, crime than the principal offender., , Acta exteriora iudicant interiora secreta -, , Outward acts indicate the inward, intent., , Actio non accrevit infra sex annos-, , The action has not accrued within, six years., , Actio non datur non damnificato-, , An action is not given to one who, is not injured., , Actio personalis moritur cum persona-, , A personal action dies with the, person., , Actiones legis -, , Law suits., , Actori incumbit onus probandi -, , The burden of proof lies on the, plaintiff.