Fraus est celare fraudem. It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. 1 Vern. 270.Fraus est odiosa et non praesumenda. Fraud is odious and not to be presumed. C...
Finis rei attendendus est. The end of a thing is to be attended to. 3 Co. Inst. 51.Finis finem litibus imponit. The end puts an end to litigation. 3 I...
Factum Ö judice quod ad ujus officium non spectat, non ratum est. An act of a judge which does not relate to his office, is of no force. 10 Co. 7...
Exceptio quoque regulam declarat. The exception also declares the rule. Bac. Aph. 17.Exceptio semper ultima ponenda est. An exception is always to be ...
Ex diuturnitate temporis, amnia praesumuntur solemniter esse acta. From length of time, all things are presumed to have been done in due form. Co. Lit...
ElectÖ unÉ viÉ, non datur recursus ad alteram. When there is concurrence of means, he who has chosen one cannot have recourse to an...
Dolus circuitu non purgator. Fraud is not purged by circity. Bacon's Max. in Reg. 1.Domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium. Every man's hous...
Derativa potestas non potest esse major primitiva. The power which is derived cannot be greater than that from which it is derived.Derogatur legi, cum...
De minimis non curat lex. The law does not notice or care for trifling matters. Broom's Max. 333; Hob. 88; 5 Hill, N.Y. Rep. 170.De morte hominis ...
Cujus est divisio alterius est electio. Which ever of two parties has the division, the other has the choice. Co. Litt. 166. Cujusque rei potissima pa...