LATIN WORDS

Absoluta sentential when the language of the law is clear, no explanation of it is required •
expositore non When the law is clear, it is not susceptible of interpretation. It must be
indigent applied regardless of who may be affected, even if it may be harsh or
onerous
Cessante ratione It is fundamental principle of statutory construction that when the reason of
legis, cessat et ipsa the law ceases, the law itself ceases
lex
Dura lex sed lex the law may be harsh but it is still the law
Ea est accipienda that interpretation is to be adopted which is free from evil or injustice
interpretation quae
vitio caret
Ex dolo malo non no man can be allowed to found a claim upon his own wrongdoing or
oritur actio inequity
Ex necessitate legis from the necessity of the law
Falsa demonstration – false description does not preclude construction nor vitiate the meaning of
non nocet, cum de the statute which is otherwise clear
corpore constat

Hoc quidem perquam it is exceedingly hard but so the law is written. A decent regard to the
durum est, sed ital ex legislative will should inhibit the court from engaging in judicial legislation to
scripta est change what it thinks are unrealistic statutes that do not conform with
ordinary experience or practice
Ibi quid generaliter every rule is not without an exception
conceditur
Impossibilium nulla no obligation to do an impossible thing
obligation est
In eo quod plus sit, greater includes the lesser
simper inest et minus
In pari delicto potior where a statute prohibits the doing of an act, the act done in violation
est conditio thereof is by implication null and void
defendentis
Index animi sermo speech is the index of intention
Inest haec exception, where anything is granted generally, this exception is implied
si non aliquid sit
contras jus basque
Interpretation talis in where there is ambiguity, such interpretation as will avoid inconvenience
ambiguis simper and absurdity is to be adopted
fienda est ut evitetur
inconveniens et
absurdum

Maledicta est Dangerous construction which is against the text.

exposition quae
corrumpit textum
Nemo tenetur ad the law obliges no one to perform an impossibility
impossible
Nullus coomodum no man should be allowed to take advantage of his own wrong
capere potest de
injuria sua propria
Pari delicto doctrine – will not apply when its enforcement or application will violate an avowed
(expemption) fundamental policy or public interest
Quando aliquid what cannot, by law, be done directly cannot be done indirectly
prohibetur ex directo,
prohibetur et per
obliquum
Ratio legis interpretation according to the spirit or reason of the law. Spirit or intention
of a statute prevails over the letter
Ratio legis est anima Reason of the law is its soul
summum jus, summa Compelling reasons may justify reading an exception to a rule even where
injuria the latter does not provide any; otherwise the rigor of the law would
become the highest injustice
Surplusagium non surplusage does not vitiate a statute
noceat
Ubi jus, ibi remedium where there is a right, there is a remedy for violation thereof
Utile per inutile non nor is the useful vitiated by the non-useful
vitiatur
Verba intentioni, non words ought to be more subservient to the intent and not the intent to the
e contra, debent words
inservire –
Verba legis General rule that if statute is clear, plain and free from ambiguity, it must be
given its literal meaning and applied without attempted interpretation
Verba legis non est from the words of a statute there should be no departure. Thus, what is not
recedendum clearly provided in the law cannot be extended to those matters outside its
scope