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Latin Maxims Compilation
Latin Maxims Compilation
No.
Latin Maxim
Translation
Loc.
139b
2a
*b
[c]
190t
3a
*b
*c
194m
200t
5a
b
Follow past precedents and do not disturb what has been settled.
The interest of the state demands that there be an end to litigation.
202b
203t
6a
[b]
c
d
[e]
[f ]
206m
7a
b
c
209t
209m
209m
8a
[b]
[c ]
210m
9a
[b]
c
*d
*e
*f
214t
10
When the reason of the law ceases, the law itself ceases.
230m
236m
12a
[b]
243b
13a
[b]
[c]
245t
14
248m
15a
b
250m
250m
11a
*b
*c
*d
*e
*f
[g]
[h]
[i ]
206b
208b
215m
Latin Maxims
16a
*b
*c
252t
252m
18a
[b]
252b
19a
b
*c
*d
253t
253t
20a
b
*c
Ex necessitate legis.
In eo / quod plus sit, / semper inest et minus.
Ci / jurisdctio data est, / ea quoque / concessa esse
videntur / sine quibus jurisdictio / explicari non ptuit.
255m
255m
21a
[b]
257m
22a
b
c
265b
265b
266t
23
267t
24a
b
276m
276m
25a
*b
*c
*d
288b
26
Where the law does not distinguish, the courts should not
distinguish.
289b
27
297b
28
Nonscitur / a sociis.
302t
29
Ejusdem generis.
309m
30a
b
318b
31
Argumentum a contrrio.
323b
32
336b
33
337m
34
339b
35
346b
319t
Latin Maxims
36a
*b
*c
*d
*e
*f
356m
37
360t
38a
b
Pari matria
Interpretare et concordare / leges lgibus / est ptimus
interpretandi modus.
376m
376b
379t
39a
40a
b
*c
396t
396t
41a
b
The act does not make a person guilty unless the mind is also
guilty.
An act done by me against my will is not my act.
408m
408m
414t
43
Strictssimi juris.
417b
44
There can be no legal right as against the authority that makes the
law on which the right depends.
430m
45a
b
The law aids the vigilant, not those who slumber on their rights.
He who is first in time is preferred in right.
474b
474b
46a
b
c
*d
*e
489b
489b
490t
47
494t
48
497t
49
563t
50
564m
*A
*B 1
[2]
*C 1
*2
*3
[4]
42a
[b]
Laws which are retrospective are rarely and cautiously received for
Janus has really no place in the laws.
Laws should be construed as prospective, not retrospective, unless
they are expressly made applicable to past transactions and to
such as are still pending.
Latin Maxims
*D
The black (body of the act printed in black) should never go beyond the red
(title or rubric of the statute printed in red).