S.No.

List of Doctrines/Maxims

Meaning

Section Number

1.        

Generalia Specialibus Non Derogant

General things do not derogate special things

Section 5

2.        

Crimen Trahit Personam

The crime carries the person

Section 177

3.        

In limine

At the outset, on the threshold

Section 190

4.        

Majus continet in se minus

The greater contains the less

Section 222

5.        

In absentia

In the absence of the person involved

Section 273

6.        

Nemobis punitur poreo dem delicto

No one can be punished twice for the same crime

Section 300

7.        

Autrefois acquit and autrefois convict

A person has been previously acquitted/convicted in respect of the same offence.

Section 300

8.        

Rule against Double Jeopardy

No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once.

Section 300

9.        

Audi alteram partem

Accused gets a fair chance to defend himself.

Section 313

10.    

Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitor

Judge is condemned when guilty is acquitted

Section 319

11.    

In camera

In private

Section 327

12.    

Nemo debet esse judex in propria sua causa

No man can be a judge in his own case

Section 352