A collection of Latin maxims & rules, in law and equity

by Peter Halkerston

Nobody can be both tenant and master.

Nemo potest facere per alium quod per se non potest.

Nobody can do by another what he cannot do by himself.

Nemo potest gladii potestatem sibi datam, vel cujus alterius coercitionis, ad alium transferre.

Nobody can transfer to another the power of the sword given to himself, or of any other coercion.

Nemo potest immittere in alienum.

Nobody can send into another’s field.

Nemo potest mutare consilium suum in alterius injuriam.

Nobody can change his plan to the injury of another.

Nemo potest mutare consilium suum in præjudicium alterius.