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Quod in minori valet valebit in majori, et quod in majori non valet nec valebit in minori

Quod in minori valet valebit in majori, et quod in majori non valet nec valebit in minori (Co. Litt. 260a), what avails in the lesser will avail in the greater; and what does not avail in the greater will not avail in the lesser....


Quod jussu

Quod jussu, means which was done by order. An action by one who contracted with a son or slave upon the authorisation of the father or master, to compel the father or master to honour the agreement, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1262....


Quod meum est sine facto meo vel defectu meo amitti vel in alium transferri non potest

Quod meum est sine facto meo vel defectu meo amitti vel in alium transferri non potest (Prest. Abs. 147), what is mine cannot be lost or transferred to another without alienation or forfeiture....


Quod necessarie intelligitur id non deest

Quod necessarie intelligitur id non deest (1 Buls. 71), what is necessarily understood is not wanting....


Quod non apparet non est; et non apparet judicialiter ante judicium

Quod non apparet non est; et non apparet judicialiter ante judicium (2 Inst. 479), that which appears not is not, and appears not judicially before judgment....


Quod non fuit negatum

Quod non fuit negatum, means which was not denied. This phrase usually signifies that an argument or proposal is not denied or controverted by the court, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1263....


Quod non habet principium non habet finem

Quod non habet principium non habet finem. Wing. Max. 79; Co. Litt. 345 a, (That which has not beginning has not end.) For illustrations of this maxim see Broom's Leg. Max....


Quod non legitur non creditur

Quod non legitur non creditur (4 Inst. 304), what is not read is not believed....


Quod nostrum est, sine facto sive defectu nostro, amitti seu in alium transferri non potest

Quod nostrum est, sine facto sive defectu nostro, amitti seu in alium transferri non potest (8 Co. 92), that which is ours cannot be lost or transferred to another without our own act, or our own default....


Quod nullius est id ratione naturali occupanti conceditur

Quod nullius est id ratione naturali occupanti conceditur (D. 41, I, 3), that which is on one's is granted to the occupant by natural right.--Pand. J. xli, (What belongs to nobody is given to the occupant by natural right.) see FINDER....



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