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Legal Terms - ex turpi causa non oritur actio
[Latin: no action may be justified by an unsavory cause]
The principle that the courts may decline to enforce a claim that is the result of the claimant's own illicit or immoral conduct or transactions. Consequently, parties who have knowingly entered into an illegal contract may be unable to enforce it, and an individual who is injured by a fellow criminal while they are jointly committing a severe crime may not be able to sue for damages.
[Latin: no action may be justified by an unsavory cause]
The principle that the courts may decline to enforce a claim that is the result of the claimant's own illicit or immoral conduct or transactions. Consequently, parties who have knowingly entered into an illegal contract may be unable to enforce it, and an individual who is injured by a fellow criminal while they are jointly committing a severe crime may not be able to sue for damages.
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