Potior est conditio defendentis. Better is the condition of the defendant, than that of the plaintiff.Potior est conditio possidentis. Better is the c...
PaenÉ ad paucos, metus ad omnes perveniat. A punishment inflicted on a few, causes a dread to all. 22 Vin. Ab. 550.PaenÉ non potest, cul...
Periculosum est res novas et inusitatas inducere. It is dangerous to introduce new and dangerous things. Co. Litt. 379.Periculum rei venditae, nondum ...
Partus ex legitimo thoro non certius noscit matrem quam genitorem suam. The offspring of a legitimate bed knows not his mother more certainly than his...
Optima est lex, quae minimum relinquit arbitrio judicis. That is the best system of law which confides as little as possible to the discretion of the ...
Omnis conclusio boni et veri judicii sequitur ex bonis et veris praemissis et dictis juratorem. Every conclusion of a good and true judgment arises fr...
Omne crimen ebrietas et incendit et detegit. Drunkenness inflames and produces every crime. Co. Litt. 247.Omne magis dignum trahit ad se minus dignum ...
Non sunt longa ubi nihil est quod demere possis. There is no prolixity where nothing can be omitted. Vaugh. 138.Non temere credere, est nervus sapient...
Non omne quod licet honestum est. Everything which is permitted is not becoming. Dig. 50, 17, 144.Non omne damnum inducit injuriam. Not every loos pro...
Non est arctius vinculum inter homines quam jusjurandum. There is no stronger link among men than an oath. Jenk. Cent. 126.Non est disputandum contra ...