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" VOLENTI NON FIT INJURIA     VOLENTI NON FIT INJURIA   By Muzamil Akhtar Shabir, Advocate Supreme Court   'Volenti non fit injuria' also known as 'leave and licence' is a principle of law, which may be pleaded as a defence against an action in torts initiated by the plaintiff against the defendant.   In order to understand the meaning and scope of this legal term, we have to take into consideration the definitions and explanations given by various authors and court judgments.   Meaning of the Maxim 'Volenti Non Fit Injuria'.   Various meanings have been given to this term or phrase, some of which are as under:   i. The Osborn's law dictionary1 defines "Volenti non fit injuria" as follows:-   "That to which man consents cannot be considered an injury".   ii. The legal study wizard2 defines "volenti non fit injuria" as follows:--   "Voluntary assumption of risk''.   This deals with cases where a party willingly assumes the risk.   iii. Wikipedia the free encyclopedia3 defines "volenti non fit injuria" as under:   "Volenti non fit injuria (Latin: "to a willing person, no injury is done") is a common law doctrine which means that someone who knowingly and willingly puts himself in a dangerous situation will be unable to sue for his or her resulting injuries. It is sometimes described as the plaintiff "consenting to run a risk" but should be distinguished from consent which can prevent some torts arising in the first place (for example, consent to a medical procedure preventing the procedure being a trespass to the person, or consenting to a person visiting your land preventing them being a trespasser).   For example, rugby and…