Quando lex est specialis, ratio autem generalis, generaliter lex est intelligenda.
When the law is special, but the reason general, the law is to be generally understood.
Quando plus fit quam fieri debet, videtur etiam illud fieri quod faciendum fuit.
When more is done than ought to be done, that too seems to be done, which should have been done.
Quando verba statuti sunt specialia, ratio autem generalis, generaliter statutum est intelligendum.
When the words of a statute are special, but the reason general, the statute is to be understood generally.
Quemadmodo non respondent judices, ita, ea quæstionem juris non respondent juratores.
As judges do not reply, so, from that the jurors do not answer a question of law. [See [Transcriber’s Note].]
Qui ab alio derivatum jus habet, non alia lege obtinebit ac is unde derivatum est.
He who hath a right derived from another, will not obtain it by any other law than he from whom it is derived.