CHAPTER IV THE ROMAN JURISTS

TOPIC/LATIN MAXIM
Accessorium sequitur naturam sui pincipalis.
Accusare nemo se debet nisi caram Deo.
Actus invitus non est meus actus
Aedificium solo credit.
Arma in armatos jura sinunt
Audi alteram partem.
Boni judicis est lites dirimere.
Casus omissus pro omisso habendus ext
Caveat emptor.

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The accessory follows the nature of its principal
No one is compelled to accuse himself except before God
An involuntary act is not one's act
The building yields to the land
The law permits taking arms against armed persons
Heart the other side.
It is the duty of good justice to prevent litigation
A case omitted is held to be omitted intentionally
Buyer beware

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Contempranea expositio est optima fortissima in lege

A contemporaneous exposition is the best and most powerful in the law

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Cujus juris erit accessorium

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De similibus idem est judicium

Domus sua cuique est tutissimun refugium
Ei incumbit probation qui dicit non qui negat
Ex pacto illicito non oritur action.
Exceptio firmat regulam in casibus on exceptis
Exceptio probat regulam de rebus non exeptis
Facta legem facunt inter partes.
Fiat justicia ruat coelum
Finita voluntate, finitum est mandatum.
Furiosus solo furore punitur
Generalia specialibus non derogant
Generalis clausala non porrigitur ad ea quae antea
specialiter sunt comprehensa
Genus nunquam peruit
Homo est et qui es futurus

He who has jurisdiction of the principal thing has jurisdiction of the

accessory also.
concerning similars the judgment is the same
To everyone, his house is his surest refuge.
He who asserts not he who denies must prove
No action arises out of illicit bargain
The exception affirms the rule in cases not excepted
An exception proves the rule concerning things nto excepted
Stipulations ave the force of las between parties
Let justice be done though the heavens fall
Upon the termination of the will, the agency is terminated
A mad man is punished only by his madness
things general do not derogate from things special
a general clause does not extend to those things which are previously
provided for specially
Generic things do not perish
He is already a man who will become a man

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In pare delicto potior est conditio defendatis.

Where both parties are at fault, the condition of the defendant is better

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Inclusio unius est exclusio alterius

Index animi servo
Interpretare et concordare legibus est optimus
interpretandi modus
Interpretare et concordare legis legibus est optimus
interpretandi

the inclusion of one is the exclusion of another

Speech is the index of the mind
to interpret and reconcile laws so that they harmonize is the best mode of
construction
To interpret and reconcile laws so that they harmonize is the best mode of
construction
Construction is to bemade that the subject may have an effect, rather than
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Interpretatio fienda est ut res magis valeat quat pereat

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Interpretatio talis in ambiguis semper frienda est, ut

evitetur invonveniens et absurdum
Judex non potest injuriam sibi datam punier
Juris praecepta sunt hec, honeste vivere, alterum non
ladere, suum cuique tribuere
Legis constructo non facit injuriam

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Legis interpretado legis vim obtinet

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Legis interpretation legis vim obtinet

Lex de futuro, judes de praeterito
Lex injustia non est lex
Lex non cogit ad impossibilia
Maledicta expositio quae corrumpit textum

In ambiguous things, such construction should be made that what is

inconvenient and absurd may be avoided.
A judge cannot punish a injury to himself
The precepts of the law are these, live honestly, not to injure another and to
give each one his due
The construction of law does no wrong
The interpretation placed upon the written law by a competent court has
the force of law.
Judicial interpretation of a statues acquires the force of a law
The law provides for the future, the judge for the past
An unjust law is not a law
The law does not require the impossible
It is a cursed construction which corrupts the text

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Nel consensui tam contrarium est quam vis atqui meus.

There can be no consent under force or duress

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No one can transfer a greater right to another than one has

That which is not alleged cannot be proved
No one shall be punished for the same offense.
He who errs does not consent
known from its associates.

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Nemo dat quod non habet

Non allegata non probate
Non bis in idem
Non consenti qui errat.
Noscitur sociis
Omnis regulat suas patitur exceptionis est omnis exceptio
est regula
Optimus interpres rerum usus
Pacta sunt servanda
Partus sequitur ventrem
Prius in tempore, potior in jure

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Privatum incommodum publico bono pensatur

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Proximus sum egomet mihi

Qui approvat non reprobate
Qui prius jus suum insina verit praeferetur
Qui tace consentire videtur

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Quod ab initio non valet in tractu temporis non convalescit That which was originally void, does not lapse of time become valid

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Ratio legis est anima

Ratione cessat lex et cessat lex
Regula pro lege, si deficit lex
Res ipsa loquitur

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Every rule is subject to its own exception and every exception is a rule
The best interpreter of the law is usage
Stipulations of parties must be complied with in good faith
Offspring follow the mother
First in time, first in right
The private interests of the individual must give way to the accomodation
of the public.
Charity begins at home
He who approves or ratifies cannot repudiate
He is preferred whose right has just been recorded
Silence means consent
The reason of the law is the soul of the law
When the reason for the law ceases, the law ceases
In default of the law, the maxim rules
The thing speaks for itself

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Res judicata inter partes jus facit

a question adjudicated between parties after hearing them makes the law
of that question

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Semper in dubiis benigniora praeferenda sunt

in dubious cases, the more liberal constructions are always preferred.

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Semper in obscuris quod minimum est sequimur

Semper praesumitur pro matrimonio
Sic utero tuo ut alienum non laedas
Sociis fit culpae qui nocentum sublevat
Stare decisis et non quieta movere
Ubi jus, ibi remedium
Ubi lex non distinguit nec nos distinguere debemus

in obscure caes, we always follow that which is least

Always presume marriage
Use your property as not to injure the rights of others.
He who helps the guilty shares the crime
follow past precedents and do not disturb what has been settled.
Where there is a right, there is a remedy for violation thereof
Where the law does not distinguish, we ought not to distinguish

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Ut magis valeat quam pereat

Construction is to be sought which gives effect to the whole of the statute.

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Ut res magis valeat quam pereat

Verba legis non est recedendum
Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt

The law should be interpreted to uphold than to destroy it

From the words of the statue, there should be no departure
The law is the vigilant, not those who slumber on their rights.

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