Actus Dei Nemini Facit Injuriam Definition:

Also actus Dei nemini facit injuria (i.e., without the "m").

Herbert Broom translates this Latin maxim as:

"The law holds no man responsible for the act of God."

In Heinhold v Sieke, Justice Stephan of the Supreme Court of Nebraska rendered the Latin to English translation as:

"... actus Dei nemini facit injuriam - the act of God injures no man."

In Ballentine's Law Dictionary of 1969, the authors define actus Dei nemini facit injuriam as follows:

"An act of God does not violate the legal rights of anyone. The loss from an injury caused thereby must be borne by the one who suffered it."

REFERENCES:

• Bennion, F. A. R., Statutory Interpretation (London: Butterworths, 2002), page 947.
• Broom, Herbert, A Selection of Legal Maxims Classified and Illustrated, 10th Ed., (London: Sweet & Maxwell Limited, 1939), pages 151-162.
• Heinold v. Siecke, 598 NW 2d 58 (1999)