Title and acquittal ought to proceed from the more worthy person.
A facto ad jus non datur consequentia.
A fact does not necessarily constitute a right.
A non posse ad non esse sequitur argumentum necessarie negativè, licet non affirmativè.
From the impossibility of a thing to its nonentity, the argument or proof follows of necessity, negatively, though not affirmatively.
A principalioribus seu dignioribus est inchoandum.
We must begin with the more noble, or more important matters; or in other words, we must attend to things of the greatest consequence.
A rescriptis valet argumentum.
An argument or proof is valid, from a rescript or letter of a prince or emperor, making answers to petitions, or other applications; or more laconically, the king’s answer, wherein he signifies his pleasure, amounts to a law, and is not to be disputed.
A verbis legis non est recedendum.