S.No. | List of Doctrines | Meaning | Section Number |
1 | Doctrine of Relation Back | In case of a set off the date of filling of set off relates back to the same date as the suit in which the set off is pleaded. | Section 3 |
2 | Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt | Law aids the vigilant and not those who sleeps over their rights | Section 3 |
3 | Contra non valentem agere nulla currit praescriptio | No prescription runs against a person not able to act | Section 3 |
4 | Lex non cogit ad impossibilia | The law does not compel a man to do anything vain or impossible or to do something which he cannot possibly perform. | Section 4 |
5 | Actus curiae neminem gravabit | The Act of court shall prejudice no one. | Section 4 |
6 | Condonation of Delay | It provides that the court can accept any appeal or application when filed after the limitation period if the appellant or applicant shows that he had a sufficient cause for not filing the appeal or application within the prescribed period. | Section 5 |
7 | Doctrine of Sufficient Cause | The term ‘sufficient cause’ has not been defined in this Act. It can be defined as a cause, which is beyond the control of the party invoking the aid of Section 5. | Section 5 |
8 | Rule of Double Discretion | The court first has to satisfy itself regarding the sufficiency of the cause and secondly even if the sufficient cause is proved, the court still has the discretion to condone the delay or not by weighing the claims of both the parties. | Section 5 |
9 | Aequitas legem sequitur | Equity follows the law | Section 14 |
10 | Actio personalis moritur cum persona | A personal action dies with the person | Section 16 |
11 | Principle of Admission | The bar of limitation should not be allowed to operate in cases in which the existence of a claim is acknowledged by persons who are under the liability. It is an admission that there is an outstanding debt. | Section 18 |
12 | Rule of Prescription | Prescription refers to one type of naturalness the right to use the property of another. For this, the use of land for an appropriate statutory period has been open, continuous, exclusive and under a claim of right | Section 25 |
13 | Rule of Adverse Possession | If any person possesses any property in adverse to the interest of true owner and true owner fails to file a suit for recovery of possession within a period of limitation, then the person in possession becomes owner of property by way of adverse possession. | Section 27 |
14 | Longa Possessio parit jus possidendi et tollit actionem vero domino | Long possession produces the right of possession and takes away from the true owner his action | Section 27 |
15 | Animus Possidendi | Intention to possess | Section 27 |
16 | Id certum est quod certum reddi potest | That is certain which can be reduced to a certainty | Article 113 |