Identify the correct meaning of the legal maxim “Beneficium invito non datur”:
Beneficium invito non datur means a benefit is not conferred on an unwilling person. Justinian's Digest 50.17.69 records the wording Invito beneficium non datur. The maxim…
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Identify the correct meaning of the legal maxim “Beneficium invito non datur”:
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Beneficium invito non datur means a benefit is not conferred on an unwilling person. Justinian's Digest 50.17.69 records the wording Invito beneficium non datur. The maxim concerns the recipient's willingness to accept the benefit.
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Option A
Incorrect. 'The application is the life of a rule' is not the translation of beneficium invito non datur.
Option B
Incorrect. 'Remuneration is not given unless on account of duty performed' does not translate beneficium invito non datur.
Option C
Correct. The Latin legal maxim 'Beneficium invito non datur' (or 'Invito beneficium non datur') means that 'a benefit is not conferred upon an unwilling person' ('a benefit is not granted against a person's will').
Option D
The maxim concerns whether the recipient is willing to accept a benefit. It does not require a benefit to be earned.
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