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    Question

    What does the maxim “de minimum non curat lex”

    mean?
    A Law takes into account every matter Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Law notices only important points Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Law provides justice no matter the minimum amount Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Law does not take notice of trifles Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Law takes into account common sense Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Often shortened to “de minimis”, this Latin phrase means that the law does not take account of trifling matters, or matters of little or no value or importance. In other words, there is a threshold beneath which the law, in all its intellectual might and procedural majesty, does not deign to concern itself.  

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