法ほう格かく言げんほうかくげんMeanings1nounlegal maximA concise statement of a legal principle or rule, often in Latin or a traditional form.「法ほうの不ふ知ちは許ゆるさず」は有ゆう名めいな法ほう格かく言げんだ。"Ignorance of the law is no excuse" is a well-known legal maxim.