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A vinculo matrimonii - From the bond of Actus reus - A guilty deed or act.
matrimony.
Ad ea quae frequentius acciduunt jura
Ab extra - From outside. adaptantur - The laws are adapted to those
cases which occur more frequently.
Ab initio - From the beginning.
Ad hoc - For this purpose.
Absoluta sententia expositore non indiget -
An absolute judgment needs no expositor. Ad infinitum - Forever, without limit, to
infinity.
Abundans cautela non nocet - Abundant
caution does no harm. Ad perpetuam rei memoriam - For a
perpetual memorial of the matter.
Accessorium non ducit sed sequitur suum
principale - An accessory does not draw, but Ad quaestionem facti non respondent
follows its principal. judices; ad quaestionem legis non
respondent juratores - The judges do not
Accessorius sequitur - One who is an answer to a question of fact; the jury do not
accessory to the crime cannot be guilty of a answer to a question of Law.
more serious crime than the principal
offender. Aedificare in tuo proprio solo non licet quod
alteri noceat - It is not lawful to build on
Acta exteriora iudicant interiora secreta - one's own land what may be injurious to
Outward acts indicate the inward intent. another.
Actio non accrevit infra sex annos - The Aequitas legem sequitur - Equity follows the
action has not accrued within six years. law.
Actio non datur non damnificato - An action Aequitas nunquam contravenit legem -
is not given to one who is not injured. Equity never contradicts the law.
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Allegans contraria non est audiendus - One Argumentum ab auctoritate fortissimum est
making contradictory statements is not to be in lege - An argument drawn from authority
heard. is the strongest in law.
Angliae jura in omni casu libertati dant Assignatus utitur jure auctoris - An assignee
favorem - The laws of England are favorable is clothed with rights of his assignor.
in every case to liberty.
Audi alteram partem - Hear the other side.
Animo furandi - With an intention of
stealing. Aula regis - The King's Court.
Aqua currit et debet currere, ut currere Bis dat qui cito dat - He gives (pays) twice
solebat - Water runs and ought to run. who pays promptly.
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Cepi corpus et paratum habeo - I have taken
Boni judicis est judicium sine dilatione the body and have it ready.
mandare executioni - It is the duty of a good
judge to cause execution to issue on a Ceteris paribus - Other things being equal.
judgment without delay.
Consensu - Unanimously or, by general
Boni judicis lites dirimere est - It is the duty consent.
of a good judge to prevent litigation.
Consensus ad idem - Agreement as to the
Bonus judex secundum aequum et bonum same things.
judicat et aequitatem stricto juri praefert - A
good judge decides according to justice and Consuetudo loci observanda est - The
right and prefers equity to strict law. custom of the place is to be observed.
Breve judiciale non cadit pro defectu formae Contemporanea expositio est optima et
- A judicial writing does not fail through fortissima in lege - A contemporaneous
defect of form. exposition is best and most powerful in law.
Cadit quaestio - The matter admits of no Contra bonos mores - Against good morals.
further argument.
Contra non valentem agere nulla currit
Cassetur billa (breve) - Let the writ be praescriptio - No prescription runs against a
quashed. person not able to act.
Casus fortuitus non est spectandus; et nemo Contractus est quasi actus contra actum - A
tenetur divinare - A fortuitous event is not to contract is an act as it were against an act.
be foreseen and no person is bound to divine
it. Conventio et modus vincunt legem - A
contract and agreement overcome the law.
Catalla reputantur inter minima in lege -
Chattels are considered in law among the Conventio privatorum non potest publico
minor things. juri derogare - An agreement of private
persons cannot derogate from public right.
Causa proxima, non remota spectatur - The
immediate, and not the remote cause is to be Coram Domino Rege - In the presence of
considered. our Lord the King.
Caveat emptor - Let the purchaser beware. Coram non judice - Before one who is not a
judge.
Caveat venditor - Let the seller beware.
Corpus - Body.
Cepi corpus et est languidum - I have taken
the body and the prisoner is sick. Corpus delicti - The body, i.e. the gist of
crime.
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Corpus humanum non recipit aestimationem De futuro - In the future.
- A human body is not susceptible of
appraisement. De integro - As regards the whole.
Crimen trahit personam - The crime carries Debile fundamentum fallit opus - Where
the person. there is a weak foundation, the work fails.
Cujus est dare, ejus est disponere - He who Debita sequuntur personam debitoria - Debts
has a right to give has the right to dispose of follow the person of the debtor.
the gift.
Debitor non praesumitur donare - A debtor
Cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad coelam; is not presumed to make a gift.
et ad inferos - He who owns the soil owns it
up to the sky; and to its depth. Debitum et contractus sunt nullius loci -
Debt and contract are of no particular place.
Cum duo inter se pugnantia reperiuntur in
testamentis ultimum ratum est - When two Debitum in praesenti, solvendum in futuro -
things repugnant to each other are found in a A present debt is to be discharged in the
will, the last is to be confirmed. future.
Cursus curiae est lex curiae - The practice of Delegata potestas non potest delegari - A
the court is the law of the court. delegated authority cannot be again
delegated.
Custos morum - A guardian of morals.
Derivativa potestas non potest esse major
D primitiva - The power which is derived
cannot be greater than that from which it is
Damnum sine injuria - damage without legal derived.
injury.
Deus solus haeredem facere potest, non
De bonis asportatis - Of goods carried away. homo - God alone, not man, can make an
heir.
De bonis non administratis - Of goods not
administered. Dies Dominicus non est juridicus - Sunday
is not a day in law.
De die in diem - From day to day.
Discretio est discernere per legem quid sit
De facto - In fact. justum - Discretion is to discern through law
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what is just.
Ex dolo malo actio non oritur - A right of
Doli incapax - Incapable of crime. action cannot arise out of fraud.
Domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium - Ex gratia - Out of kindness, voluntary.
Every man s house is his safest refuge.
Ex nihilo nil fit - From nothing nothing
Dona clandestina sunt semper suspiciosa - comes.
Clandestine gifts are always suspicious.
Ex nudo pacto actio non oritur - No action
Dormiunt leges aliquando, nunquam arises on a contract without a consideration.
moriuntur - The laws sometimes sleep, but
never die. Ex parte - Proceeding brought by one person
in the absence of another.
Doti lex favet; praemium pudoris est; ideo
parcatur - The law favors dower; it is the Ex post facto - By reason of a subsequent
reward of chastity, therefore let it be act.
preserved.
Ex praecedentibus et consequentibus optima
Dubitante - Doubting the correctness of the fit interpretatio - The best interpretation is
decision. made from things preceding and following.
Duo non possunt in solido unam rem Ex turpi causa non oritur actio - No action
possidere - Two cannot possess one thing arises on an immoral contract.
each in entirety.
Exceptio probat regulam - An exception
E proves the rule.
Ei incumbit probatio qui - The onus of Executio est executio juris secundum
proving a fact rests upon the man. judicium - Execution is the fulfillment of the
law in accordance with the judgment.
Ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat
- The burden of the proof lies upon him who Executio est finis et fructus legis - An
affirms, not he who denies. execution is the end and the fruit of the law.
Error, qui non resistitur approbatur - An Executio legis non habet injuriam -
error not resisted is approved. Execution of the law does no injury.
Et cetera - Other things of that type. Extra legem positus est civiliter mortuus -
One out of the pale of the law (i.e. an
Ex cathedra - With official authority. outlaw) is civilly dead.
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Faciendum - Something which is to be done. Fortior est custodia legis quam hominis -
The custody of the law is stronger than that
Factum - An act or deed. of man.
Facultas probationum non est angustanda - Fractionem diei non recipit lex - The law
The right of offering proof is not to be does not regard a fraction of a day.
narrowed.
Fraus est celare fraudem - It is a fraud to
Falsa demonstratio non nocet - A false conceal a fraud.
description does not vitiate.
Fraus est odiosa et non praesumenda - Fraud
Fatetur facinus qui judicium fugit - He who is odious and is not to be presumed.
flees judgment confesses his guilt.
Fraus et jus nunquam cohabitant - Fraud and
Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas - justice never dwell together.
Happy is he who has been able to
understand the causes of things. Fructus naturales - Vegetation which grows
naturally without cultivation.
Felonia implicatur in qualibet proditione -
Felony is implied in every treason. Frustra probatur quod probatum non relevat
- That is proved in vain which when proved
Festinatio justitiae est noverca infortunii - is not relevant.
The hurrying of justice is the stepmother of
misfortune. Furor contrahi matrimonium non sinit, quia
consensus opus est - Insanity prevents
Fictio cedit veritati; fictio juris non est, ubi marriage from being contracted because
veritas - Fiction yields to truth. Where truth consent is needed.
is, fiction of law does not exist.
G
Fides servanda est - Good faith is to be
preserved. Generale nihil certum implicat - A general
expression implies nothing certain.
Fieri facias (abreviated fi. fa.) - That you
cause to be made. Generalia praecedunt, specialia sequuntur -
Things general precede, things special
Filiatio non potest probari - Filiation cannot follow.
be proved.
Generalia specialibus non derogant - Things
Firmior et potentior est operatio legis quam general do not derogate from things special.
dispositio hominis - The operation of law is
firmer and more powerful than the will of Generalis regula generaliter est intelligenda
man. - A general rule is to be generally
understood.
Forma legalis forma essentialis est - Legal
form is essential form. Gravius est divinam quam temporalem
laedere majestatem - It is more serious to
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hurt divine than temporal majesty. an excuse in the law.
Haeredem est nomen collectum - Heir is a In alta proditione nullus potest esse
collective name. acessorius; sed principalis solum modo - In
high treason no one can be an accessory; but
Haeres est nomen juris, filius est nomen a principal only.
naturae - Heir is a term of law, son, one of
nature. In Anglia non est interregnum - In England
there is no interregnum.
Haeres legitimus est quem nuptiae
demonstrant - He is the lawful heir whom In camera - In private.
the marriage indicates.
In casu extremae necessitatis omnia sunt
Homo vocabulum est naturae; persona juris communia - In a case of extreme necessity
civilis - Man is a term of nature, person of everything is common.
the civil law.
In criminalibus probationes debent esse luce
I clariores - In criminal cases the proofs ought
to be cleared than the light.
Id est (i.e) - That is.
In curia domini regis, ipse in propria persona
Id quod commune est, nostrum esse dicitur - jura discernit - In the King s Court, the King
That which is common is said to be ours. himself in his own person dispenses justice.
Ignorantia facti excusat, ignorantia juris non In fictione legis aequitas existit - A legal
excusat - Ignorance of fact excuses, fiction is consistent with equity.
ignorance of law does not excuse.
In foro conscientiae - In the forum of
Imperium in imperio - A sovereignty within conscience.
a sovereignty.
In futoro - In the future.
Impotentia excusat legem - Impossibility is
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In jure non remota causa sed proxima scrutamur - In wills we seek diligently the
spectatur - In law not the remote but the intention of the testator.
proximate cause is looked at.
In traditionibus scriptorum non quod dictum
In limine - At the outset, on the threshold. est, sed quod gestum est, inspicitur - In the
delivery of writings (deeds), not what is said
In loco parentis - In place of the parent. but what is done is to be considered.
In mortua manu - In a dead hand. In verbis, non verba sed res et ratio
quaerenda est - In words, not words, but the
In novo casu novum remedium apponendum thing and the meaning are to be inquired
est - In a new case a new remedy is to be into.
applied.
Indicia - Marks, signs.
In omni re nascitur res quae ipsam rem
exterminat - In everything is born that which Injuria non excusat injuriam - A wrong does
destroys the thing itself. not excuse a wrong.
In re dubia magis inficiatio quam affirmatio Interest reipublicae ut quilibet re sua bene
intelligenda - In a doubtful matter the utatur - It is in the interest of the State that
negative is to be understood rather than the every one use properly his own property.
affirmative.
Interest reipublicase ut sit finis litium - It is
In republica maxime conservanda sunt jura in the interest of the State that there be an
belli - In a State the laws of war are to be end to litigation.
especially observed.
Interim - Temporary, in the meanwhile.
In situ - In its place.
Interpretare et concordare leges legibus est
In terrorem - As a warning or deterrent. optimus interpretandi modus - To interpret
and harmonize laws is the best method of
In testamentis plenius testatoris intentionem interpretation.
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according to the allegations and the proofs.
Interpretatio fienda est ut res magis valeat
quam pereat - Such a construction is to be Judicium non debet esse illusorium, suum
made that the thing may have effect rather effectum habere debet - A judgment ought
than it should fail. not to be illusory; it ought to have its proper
effect.
Interruptio multiplex non tollit
praescriptionem semel obtentam - Repeated Juduces non tenentur exprimere causam
interruption does not defeat a prescription sententiae suae - Judges are not bound to
once obtained. explain the reason of their judgment.
Invito beneficium non datur - A benefit is Jura naturae sunt immutabilia - The laws of
not conferred upon one against his consent. nature are immutable.
Ipsissima verba - The very words of a Jura publica anteferenda privatis juribus -
speaker. Public rights are to be preferred to private
rights.
Ipso facto - By that very fact.
Juramentum est indivisibile et non est
Ira furor brevis est - Anger is brief insanity. admittendum in parte verum et in parte
falsum - An oath is indivisible and it is not
Iter arma leges silent - In war the laws are to be held partly true and partly false.
silent.
Jurare est Deum in testem vocare, et est
J actus divini cultus - To swear is to call God
to witness and is an act of divine worship.
Judex est lex loquens - A judge is the law
speaking. Jus - A right that is recognised in law.
Judex non potest esse testis in propira causa Jus accrescendi praefertur oneribus - The
- A judge cannot be witness in his own right of survivorship is preferred to
cause. incumbrances.
Judex non potest injuriam sibi datam punire Jus ad rem; jus in re - A right to a thing; a
- A judge cannon punish a wrong done to right in a thing.
himself.
Jus dicere, non jus dare - To declare the law,
Judex non reddit plus quam quod petens ipse not to make the law.
requirit - A judge does not give more than
the plaintiff himself demands. Jus est norma recti; et quicquid est contra
normam recti est injuria - The law is a rule
Judiciis posterioribus fides est adhibenda - of right; and whatever is contrary to a rule of
Faith must be given to later decisions. right is an injury.
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Jus naturale est quod apud omnes homines delays.
eandem habet potentiam - Natural right is
that which has the same force among all Lex est judicum tutissimus ductor - The law
men. is the safest guide for judges.
Jus scriptum aut non scriptum - The written Lex est sanctio sancta jubens honesta et
law or the unwritten law. prohibens contraria - The law is a sacred
sanction, commanding what is right and
Jusjurandum inter alios factum nec nocere prohibiting the contrary.
nec prodesse debet - An oath made between
third parties ought neither to hurt nor profit. Lex indendit vicinum vicini facta scire - The
law presumes that one neighbor knows the
Justitia est duplec; severe puniens et vere acts of another.
praeveniens - Justice is two-fold; severely
punishing and in reality prohibiting Lex necessitatis est lex temporis i.e. instantis
(offences). - The law of necessity is the law of time,
that is time present.
Justitia firmatur solium - The throne is
established by justice. Lex neminem cogit ad vana seu impossiblia
- The law compels no one to do vain or
Justitia nemini neganda est - Justice is to be impossible things.
denied to no one.
Lex nil frustra facit - The law does nothing
L in vain.
Leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant Lex non a rege est violanda - The law must
- Subsequent laws repeal prior conflicting not be violated even by the King.
ones.
Lex non deficere potest in justitia exhibenda
Legibus sumptis desinentibus legibus - The law cannot fail in dispensing justice.
naturae utendum est - When laws imposed
by the State fail, we must use the laws of Lex non novit patrem, nec matrem; solam
nature. veritatem - The law does not know neither
father nor mother, only the truth.
Lex aliquando sequitur aequitatem - The law
sometimes follows equity. Lex non oritur ex injuria - The law does not
arise from a mere injury.
Lex citius tolerare vult privatum damnum
quam publicum malum - The law would Lex non requirit verificari quod apparet
rather tolerate a private injury than a public curiae - The law does not require that to be
evil. proved which is apparent to the Court.
Lex dabit remedium - The law will give a Lex non favet delicatorum votis - The law
remedy. does not favor the wishes of the dainty.
Lex dilationes abhorret - The law abhors Lex plus laudatur quando ratione probatur -
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The law is the more praised when it is
supported by reason. Mala fide - In bad faith.
Lex prospicit not respicit - The law looks Mala grammatica non vitiat chartam - Bad
forwared, not backward. grammar does not vitiate a deed.
Lex spectat naturae ordinem - The law Malo animo - With evil intent.
regards the order of nature.
Mandamus - We command.
Lex succurrit ignoranti - The law succors the
ignorant. Maximus magister erroris populus est - The
people are the greatest master of error.
Lex tutissima cassis, sub clypeo legis nemo
decipitur - Law is the safest helmet; under Melior est conditio possidentis, ubi neuter
the shield of the law no one is deceived. jus habet - Better is the condition of the
possessor where neither of the two has the
Lex uno ore omnes alloquitur - The law right.
speaks to all through one mouth.
Melior testatoris in testamentis spectanda est
Longa possessio est pacis jus - Long - In wills the intention of a testator is to be
possession is the law of peace. regarded.
Longa possessio parit jus possidendi et tollit Meliorem conditionem suam facere potest
actionem vero domino - Long possession minor deteriorem nequaquam - A minor can
produces the right of possession and takes make his position better, never worse.
away from the true owner his action.
Mens rea - Guilty state of mind.
M
Mentiri est contra mentem ire - To lie is to
Magister rerum usus; magistra rerum act against the mind.
experientia - Use is the master of things;
experience is the mistress of things. Merito beneficium legis amittit, qui legem
ipsam subvertere intendit - He justly loses
Major continet in se minus - The greater the benefit of the law who seeks to infringe
contains the less. the law.
Majus est delictum se ipsum occidere quam Minatur innocentibus qui parcit nocentibus -
alium - It is a greater crime to kill one s self He threatens the innocent who spares the
than another. guilty.
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Nemo contra factum suum venire potest -
Misera est servitus, ubi jus est vagum aut No man can contradict his own deed.
incertum - It is a miserable slavery where
the law is vague or uncertain. Nemo debet esse judex in propria causa - No
one can be judge in his own case.
Mors dicitur ultimum supplicium - Death is
called the extreme penalty. Nemo plus juris transferre ad alium potest
quam ipse habet - No one can transfer to
Muilta exercitatione facilius quam regulis another a larger right than he himself has.
percipies - You will perceive many things
more easily by experience than by rules. Nemo potest contra recordum verificare per
patriam - No one can verify by the country,
N that is, through a jury, against the record.
Nam nemo haeres viventis - For no one is an Nemo potest esse tenens et dominus - No
heir of a living person. one can at the same time be a tenant and a
landlord (of the same tenement).
Naturae vis maxima est - The force of nature
is the greatest. Nemo potest facere per alium, quod per se
non potest - No one can do through another
Necessitas inducit privilegium quoad jura what he cannot do himself.
privata - With respect to private rights
necessity induces privilege. Nemo potest mutare consilium suum in
alterius injuriam - No one can change his
Necessitas non habet legem - Necessity has purpose to the injury of another.
no law.
Nemo praesumitur esse immemor suae
Necessitas publica est major quam privata - aeternae salutis et maxime in articulo mortis
Public necessity is greater than private - No one is presumed to be forgetful of his
necessity. eternal welfare, and particularly in the hour
of death.
Negligentia semper habet infortuniam
comitem - Negligence always has Nemo prohibetur pluribus defensionibus uti
misfortune for a companion. - No one is forbidden to make use of several
defences.
Nemo admittendus est inhabilitare se ipsum
- No one is allowed to incapacitate himself. Nemo punitur pro alieno delicto - No one is
punished for the crime of another.
Nemo bis punitur pro eodem delicto - No
one can be twice punished for the same Nemo se accusare debet, nisi coram Deo -
offence. No one should accuse himself except in the
presence of God.
Nemo cogitur suam rem vendere, etiam
justo pretio - No one is bound to sell his own Nemo tenetur accusare se ipsum nisi coram
property, even for a just price. Deo - No one is bound to accuse himself
except in the presence of God.
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is known to the judge if it is not known
Nemo tenetur armare adversarium contra se judicially.
- No one is bound to arm his adversary
against himself. Non sequitur - An inconsistent statement, it
does not follow
Nexus - Connection
Nullus commodum capere potest ex sua
Nihil quod est inconveniens est licitum - injuria propria - No one can derive an
Nothing inconvenient is lawful. advantage from his own wrong.
Nil facit error nominis cum de corpore Nullus recedat e curia cancellaria sine
constat - An error of name makes not remedio - No one should depart from a
difference when it appears from the body of Court of Chancery without a remedy.
the instrument.
Nisi - Unless O
Non compus mentis - Not of sound mind Omne sacramentum debet esse de certa
and understanding scientia - Every oath ought to be of certain
knowledge.
Non constat - It is not certain
Omnia delicta in aperto leviora sunt - All
Non decipitur qui scit se decipi - He is not crimes (committed) in the open are
deceived who knows that he is deceived. (considered) lighter.
Non definitur in jure quid sit conatus - What Omnia praesumuntur contra spoliatorem -
an attempt is, is not defined in law. All things are presumed against a
wrongdoer.
Non est arctius vinculum inter homines
quam jusjurandum - There is no stronger Omnis innovatio plus novitate perturbat
link among men than an oath. quam utilitate prodeat - Every innovation
disturbs more by its novelty than it benefits
Non est factum - It is not his deed by its utility.
Non est informatus - He is not informed. Optima legum interpres est consuetudo -
The best interpreter of laws is custom.
Non facias malum ut inde veniat bonum -
You shall not do evil that good may come of Optimus interpres rerum est usus - The best
it. interpreter of things is usage.
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Par delictum - Equal fault. acts through another acts himself.
Peccata contra naturam sunt gravissima - Qui non habet potestatem alienandi, habet
Wrongs against nature are the most serious. necessitatem retinendi - He who has not the
power of alienating is under the necessity of
Pendente lite nihil innovetur - During retaining.
litigation nothing should be changed.
Qui non habet, ille non dat - He who has not,
Per curiam - In the opinion of the court. does not give.
Per minas - By means of menaces or threats. Qui non improbat, approbat - He who does
not disapprove, approves.
Per quod - By reason of which.
Qui non obstat quod obstare potest facere
Post mortem - After death. videtur - He who does not prevent what he is
able to prevent, is considered as committing
Prima facie - On the face of it. the thing.
Prima impressionis - On first impression. Qui non prohibet quod prohibere potest
assentire videtur - He who does not prohibit
Pro hac vice - For this occasion. when he is able to prohibit, is in fault.
Pro tempore - For the time being. Qui potest et debet vetare et non vetat jubet -
He who is able and ought to forbit and does
Publici juris - Of public right. not, commands.
Quaeitur - The question is raised. Qui sentit commodum, debet et sentire onus
- He who derives a benefit ought also to bear
Quantum - How much, an amount. a burden.
Qui facit per alium, facit per se - He who Qui tacet consentire videtur - He who is
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silent appears to consent. then no exposition contrary to the expressed
words is to be made.
Quid pro quo - Consideration. something for
something. R
Quidcquid plantatur solo, solo cedit - Ratio est legis anima, mutata legis ratione
Whatever is planted in or affixed to the soil, mutatur et lex - Reason is the soul of the
belongs to the soil. law; when the reason of the law changes the
law also is changed.
Quod ab initio non valet, in tractu temporis
non convalescit - What is not valid in the Re - In the matter of.
beginning does not become valid by time.
Reprobata pecunia leberat solventem -
Quod constat curiae opere testium non Money refused releases the debtor.
indiget - What appears to the Court needs
not the help of witnesses. Res - Matter, affair, thing, circumstance.
Quod non habet principium non habet finem Res judicata accipitur pro veritate - A thing
- What has no beginning has no end. adjudged is accepted for the truth.
Quod per me non possum, nec per alium - Res nulis - Nobody s property.
What I cannot do through myself, I cannot
do through another. Respondeat superior - Let the principal
answer.
Quod prius est verius est; et quod prius est
tempore potius est jure - What is first is Rex est major singulis, minor universis -
more true; and what is prior in time is The King is greater than individuals, less
stronger in law. than all the people.
Quod vanum et inutile est, lex non requirit - Rex non debet judicare sed secundum legem
The law does not require what is vain and - The King ought not to judge but according
useless. to the law.
Quoties in verbis nulla est ambiguitas, ibi Rex non potest peccare - The King can do
nulla expositio contra verba expressa fienda no wrong.
est - When there is no ambiguity in words,
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Rex nunquma moritur - The King never (precedents).
dies.
Stet - Do not delete, let it stand.
Rex quod injustum est facere non potest -
The King cannot do what is unjust. Sub modo - Within limits.
Salus populi est suprema lex - The safety of Sub silentio - In silence.
the people is the supreme law.
Sublata causa, tollitur effectus - The cause
Sciens - Knowingly. being removed, the effect ceases.
Sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas - So use Talis qualis - Such as it is.
your own as not to injure another s property.
Terra firma - Solid ground.
Simplex commendatio non obligat - A
simple recommendation does not bind. Testamenta latissimam interpretationem
habere debent - Testaments ought to have
Stare decisis - To stand by decisions the broadest interpretation.
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ought to be understood with effect.
Traditio loqui chartam facit - Delivery
makes a deed speak. Verba intentioni, non e contra, debent
inservire - Words ought to serve the
Transit terra cum onere - The land passes intention, not the reverse.
with its burden.
Verbatim - Word by word, exactly.
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Vi et armis - With the force and arms.
Ubi eadem ratio ibi idem jus, et de similibus
idem est judicium - When there is the same Via antiqua via est tuta - The old way is the
reason, then the law is the same, and the safe way.
same judgment should be rendered as to
similar things. Vice versa - The other way around.
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