PERICULO PETENTIS

PERICULO PETENTIS

periculo petentis (p[schwa]-rik-y[schwa]-loh p[schwa]-ten-tis). [Latin] Hist. At the risk of the person seeking. ? A private person was liable in damages for a judicial warrant wrongfully issued at that person’s insistence.

¡°[A] creditor seeking a warrant for the apprehension of his debtor as in meditatione fugae, obtains it periculo petentis, and he, not the judge, will be liable in damages if the debtor can show that the obtaining of the warrant and the using of it were illegal.¡± John Trayner, Trayner’s Latin Maxims 454 (4th ed. 1894).


What is the legal equivalence of PERICULO PETENTIS in Chinese?
TermBase About LegalLingo
LegalLingo, a Shanghai-based translation agency, is a recognized leader in comprehensive legal language solutions for the legal industry. We provide the world’s leading law firms and corporate legal teams with a full suite of services, ranging from the translation of contracts and compliance documentation to full-scale multilingual litigation requiring certified translation and Chinese document review. We deliver customized legal document translation solutions based on your case’s size and budget requirements, utilizing industry-leading technology to ensure accuracy, lower costs and faster turnaround times.