Favorabiliores rei potius, quam actores habentur.
Accused persons are held more favourable than the accusers.
Feodum simplex ex feodo simplici pendere non potest.
A simple feu cannot depend on a simple feu.
Fere in omnibus pœnalibus judiciis, et ætati et imprudentiæ succurritur.
Almost in all penal trials allowance is made for youth and imprudence.
Fiat justitia, ruat cœlum.
Let justice be done, if the sky should fall.
Fictio cedit veritati.
Fiction yields to truth.