Sicut pœna ex delicto defuncti hæres teneri non debet, ita nec lucrum facere, si quid ad eum pervenisset.
As the heir ought not to be punished in consequence of the transgression of the deceased, so neither ought he to make gain, if any advantage had come to him.
Simplicitas est legibus amica; vis et fraus invisissima; nimia subtilitas suspecta.
Simplicity is a friend to the laws, violence and fraud are most odious: too much subtility is suspected.
Simplicitas est legibus amica; et nimia subtilitas in jure reprobatur.
Simplicity is a friend to the laws, and too much subtility is reprobated in law.
Similitudo legalis est, casuum diversorum inter se collatorum, similis ratio; quod in uno similium valet, valebit in altero. Dissimilium, dissimilis est ratio.
Legal similitude is the similar relation of cases, so different between themselves, what is valid in one of the similar cases, will be valid in the other. If dissimilar, the relation is likewise dissimilar.
Socii mei socius, meus socius non est.
The companion of my companion is not my companion.