Common custom is more valid, than a royal grant.
Plus vident oculi quam oculus.
Two eyes see more than one.
Pœna ad paucos, metus ad omnes perveniat.
Let punishment come to a few, fear to all.
Pœna non debet ante ire crimen.
Punishment ought not to precede a crime.
Pœna et delicti defuncti hæres teneri non debet.
An heir cannot be bound by the punishment and transgression of the deceased.
Pœnæ potius molliendæ, quam exasperandæ sunt.