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

by Peter Halkerston

Quodcunque aliquis ob tutelam corporis sui fecerit, jure id fecisse videtur.

Whatever any one hath done for the protection of his own person, he seems to have done that according to law.

Quodlibet in lege eodem modo dissolvitur quo ligatum est.

Any thing in law is dissolved, in the same way in which it was bound.

Quomodo quid constituitur eodem modo dissolvitur.

In whatever way any thing is constituted, in the same way it is dissolved.

Quoties aliquid dubitatur vel male est, ad principia recurrendum.

As often as any thing is doubted, or is bad, we must have recourse to principles.

Quoties duplici jure defertur alicui successio, repudiato novo jure, quod ante defertur supererit vetus.

Whenever a succession is conferred upon any one, by a double right, the new right being set aside, the old right, formerly conferred, will remain in force.