Ignorant i a Facti: Ignorant i a Juris

Words forming part of the maxim that "ignorance of fact excuses, but ignorance of law excuses not." The latter part applies peculiarly in criminal cases, for it would be against public policy to permit a law-breaker to plead as a defense his ignorance that his act was criminal. In civil cases, equity often relieves one who has been misled by ignorance of law, and courts of law IMG:content-0738.png:[merged small][graphic][merged small] strength and stature, with peculiar scalloped teeth, resembling those found only in the modern Iguanodon of S. America.