Preceding agreements must be rigorously exacted according to the rule of the law; it is otherwise concerning subsequent agreements, where equity is allowed to make up for the loss incurred by the failure.
Conditiones præcedentes stricte interpretandæ, sed non ita de subsequentibus.
Preceding agreements are to be strictly interpreted; but not so concerning subsequent ones.
Conditiones quælibet odiosæ; maxime autem contra matrimonium et commercium.
Some agreements are odious, but chiefly those against matrimony and commerce.
Confessio facta in judicio, omni probatione major est.
Confession made in a trial is stronger than all proof.
Confessus in judicio pro judicato habetur, et quodammodo sua sententia damnatur.
A person who confesses on trial, is considered as judged; and in some measure is condemned on his own admission.
Confirmare nemo potest priusquam jus ei accederit.