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Latim Maxim Translation

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Ratione cessat lex, et cessat lex
When the reason for the law ceases, the law ceases.
Index animi sermo est Speech is the index of intention.
Verba legis non est recedemdum
From the words of a statute there should be no
departure.
Nemo ex alterius incommode debet lecupletari
No man ought to be made rich out of another's
injury.
Legis interpretato legis vim obtinet
The authoritive interpretation of the Supreme Court
of a statute acquires the force of law by becoming a
part thereof.
Lex prospicit, non respicit The law looks forward not backward.
Expressio unius est exclusio alterius
The express mention of one person, thing or
consequence implies the exclusion of all others.
Expressum facit cessare tacitum
What is expressed puts an end to that which implied.
Contemporanea expositio est optima et
fortissima in lege
The contemporary construction is the strongest in
law.
Optimus interpres rerum usus The best interpreter of law is usage.
Ratihabitio mandato aequiparatur Legislative ratification is equivalent to a mandate.
Follow past precedents and do not disturb what has
been settled.
When the Supreme Court has once laid down a
principle of law as applicable to certain state of facts,
it will adhere to that principle and apply it to all
future cases where the facts are substantially the
same.
The interest of the Statedemands that there be an
end to litigation.
Public interest requires that by the very nature of
things there must be an end to a legal controversy.
Verba legis Plain meaning
Index animi sermo est Speech is the index of intention.
Verba legis non est recedemdum
From the words of a statute there should be no
departure.
Maledicta est expositio quae corrumpit textum It is dangerous construction which is against the text.
Absoluta sententia expositore non indiget
When the language of the law is clear, no explanation
of it is required.
Dura lex sed lex The law may be harsh, but it is still the law.
Hoc quidem perquam durum est, sed ita lex
scripta est It is exceedingly hard but so the law is writtem.
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Stare decisis et non quieta movere
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
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Interest reipublicae ut sit finis litium
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Latim Maxim Translation
Aequitas nunquam contravenit legis Equity never acts in contravention of the law.
Interpretatio fienda est ut res magis valeat
quam pereat
A law should be interpreted with a view to upholding
rather than destroying it.
Ratio legis
Interpretation according to the spirit or reason of the
law
Verba intentioni, non e contra, debent inservire
Words ought to be more subservient to the intent
and not the intent to the words.
Cessante ratione legis, cessat et ipsa lex
Ratio legis est anima Reason of the law is its soul.
Interpretatio talis in ambiguis semper fienda est
ut evitetur inconveniens et absurdum
Where there is ambiguity, such interpreation as will
avoid inconvenience and absurdity is to be adopted.
Ea est accipienda interpretatio quae vitio caret
Interpretation is to be adopted which is free from evil
or injustice
Fiat justicia, ruat coelum Let right be done, though the heavens fall.
Surplusagium non noceat Surplusage does not vitiate a statute.
Utile per inutile non vitiatur Nor is the useful vitiated by the non-useful.
Falsa demonstratio non nocet, cum de corpore
constat
Neither does false decription preclude construction
nor vitiate the meaning of the statute which is
otherwise is clear.
Ibi quid generaliter conceditur; inest haec
exceptio, si non aliquid sit contras jus basque
Where anything is granted generally, this exception is
implied; that nothing shall be contrary to law and
right.
Summun jus, summa injuria
The rigor of the law would become the highest
injustice.
Nemo tenetur ad impossible The law obliges no one to perform an impossibility.
Impossibilium nulla obligation est There is no obligation to do an impossible thing.
Ex necessitate legis From the necessity of the law
In eo quod plus sit, sempre inest et minus Greater includes the lesser.
Ubi jus, ibi remedium
Where there is a right, there is a remedy for violation
thereof.
Ex dolo malo non oritur actio
No man can be allowed to found a claim up his own
wrongful upon his own wrongdoing or inequity
Nullus commodum capare potest de injuria sua
propria
No man should be allowed to take advantage of his
own wrong.
Quando aliquid prohibetur ex directo,
prohibetur et per obliquum What is prohibited directly is prohibited indirectly.
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