Sentences with phrase «of volenti»

The defence of volenti non fit injuria (voluntary assumption of risk) can preclude you from successfully suing the driver.

He said it was a clear case of volenti non fit injuria (voluntary assumption of risk), and urged the court to make progress.

Not exact matches

However, in the context of e-cigarettes, manufacturers who persist in their claims that their products are «harmless», in the absence of proof, may well be forfeiting their rights to the volenti trump card that has, in the past, served the tobacco industry so well.

I'm already trying to think of ways to visually represent «volenti non fit injuria» and «omnia praesumuntur contra spoliatorem»... but perhaps an easier place to start would be the equitable «clean hands» principle.