Legal Maxim's

Damnum sine injuria
— damage without legal injury.
De bonis asportatis
— Of goods carried away.
De bonis non administratis
— Of goods not administered.
De die in diem
— From day to day.
De facto
— In fact.
De futuro
— In the future.
De integro
— As regards the whole.
De jure
— Rightful, by right.
De minimis lex non curat
— The law does not notice trifling matters.
De novo
— Starting afresh.
Debile fundamentum fallit opus
— Where there is a weak foundation, the work fails.
Debita sequuntur personam debitoria
— Debts follow the person of the debtor.
Debitor non praesumitur donare
— A debtor is not presumed to make a gift.
Debitum et contractus sunt nullius loci
— Debt and contract are of no particular place.
Debitum in praesenti, solvendum in futuro
— A present debt is to be discharged in the future.
Derivativa potestas non potest esse major primitiva
— The power which is derived cannot be greater than that from which it is derived.
Deus solus haeredem facere potest, non homo
— God alone, not man, can make an heir.
Dies Dominicus non est juridicus
— Sunday is not a day in law.
Discretio est discernere per legem quid sit justum
— Discretion is to discern through law what is just.
Doli incapax
— Incapable of crime.
Dominium
— Ownership.
Domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium
— Every mans house is his safest refuge.
Dona clandestina sunt semper suspiciosa
— Clandestine gifts are always suspicious.
Dormiunt leges aliquando, nunquam moriuntur
— The laws sometimes sleep, but never die.
Doti lex favet; praemium pudoris est; ideo parcatur
— The law favors dower; it is the reward of chastity, therefore let it be preserved.
Dubitante
— Doubting the correctness of the decision.
Duo non possunt in solido unam rem possidere
— Two cannot possess one thing each in entirety.