Volenti Non Fit Injuria

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Volenti Non Fit Injuria

[Latin, To the consenting, no injury is done.] In the law of Negligence, the precept that denotes that a person who knows and comprehends the peril and voluntarily exposes himself or herself to it, although not negligent in doing so, is regarded as engaging in an assumption of the risk and is precluded from a recovery for an injury ensuing therefrom.


Assumption of Risk.

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This voluntary assumption of the inherent and ordinary risk of the activity is known by the Latin phrase: volenti non fit injuria.
Ainsi recue en matiere delictuelle, la defense d'ex turpi causa se voit, a toutes fins pratiques, assimilee a la defense de volenti non fit injuria.
In the past, when participants have been injured in volunteer sporting activities, the legal liability has traditionally rested with the injured party, on the basis of volenti non fit injuria (voluntary assumption of risk).