Regula est quæ rem quæ est breviter enarrat, non ut ex regula jus sumatur, sed ex jure, quod est, regula fiat. Per regulam igitur brevis rerum narratio est, quæ, simul cum in aliquo vitiata est, perdit officium suum.—L. 1. ff. de Regulis Juris Antiqui.
TRANSLATION.
A rule of law is a maxim inferred from several cases depending on the same ground of law. The rule is formed from the law that governs these cases, and not the law from the rule. And the rule must be applied duly to the proper cases; for otherwise it loses its force, and is of no significancy.
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Translation
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LATIN MAXIMS,
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LAW AND EQUITY.
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A communi observantia non est recedendum; et minime mutandæ sunt quæ certam interpretationem habent.
We must not depart rashly from common observance; and those points are by no means to be changed, which admit of a clear interpretation.
A digniori fieri debet denominatio et resolutio.