IGNORANTIA

By SovConn | June 23, 2013

ignorantia (ig-n<<schwa>>-ran-shee-<<schwa>>). [Latin] Ignorance; esp., ignorance of the

law.

“Ignorantia…. Divided in the civil law, into ignorantia facti (ignorance of fact) and ignorantia juris (ignorance of law). Lord Coke accepts this division….” 2 Alexander M. Burrill, A Law Dictionary and Glossary 40 (2d ed. 1867).

[Blacks Law 8th]

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