Match the Latin maxim to its meaning

Exercise and reference answers

Matching pairs

1. Left

   Res ipsa loquitur

   Right

   The thing speaks for itself

2. Left

   Audi alteram partem

   Right

   Hear the other side

3. Left

   Mens rea

   Right

   Guilty mind

4. Left

   Actus reus

   Right

   Guilty act

5. Left

   Stare decisis

   Right

   Stand by what has been decided