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‖ volenti non fit injuria Law.|vəʊˈlɛntɪ nəʊn fɪt ɪnˈdʒjʊrɪə|
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No injury is done to a willing person: a defence to an action whereby it is claimed that a person who sustained an injury agreed to risk such injury.
1658E. Wingate Maximes of Reason cxxii. 482 If the Tenant in an Assise of an house desire the Plaintiffe to dine with him in the house, which the Plaintiffe doth accordingly, but doth not clame the house at that time; this is no entry or possession to cause the Assise to abate; because if he had been a stranger, he had been no trespasser for volenti non fit injuria. 1743C. Cibber Egotist 6 Volenti, you know, non fit injuria. The publick is not obliged to buy. 1872[see volens ppl. a.]. 1933Law Rep. (King's Bench Division) II. 299 We are at present disposed to take the view that the respondent is precluded from recovering on the principle volenti non fit injuria. 1980Oxf. Compan. Law 1280/1 Volenti non fit injuria.., the principle that an injured person cannot complain of harm done him if he knew of and voluntarily incurred the risk of that harm... The plea is practically excluded in employment cases but is still relevant to cases of participation in dangerous sports. |