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Home Dictionary Name: contraPacta qu' contra leges constitutionesque vel contra bonos mores flunt nullam vim habere, indubitati juris est
Pacta qu' contra leges constitutionesque vel contra bonos mores flunt nullam vim habere, indubitati juris est.-(It is undoubted law that agreements have no force which are contrary to law or the constitutions, or to good morals.)...
contra bonos mores
contra bonos mores [Late Latin] : harmful to the moral welfare of society [an act contra bonos mores] ...
contra
contra [Latin] : in opposition or contrast to adj : placed or set in opposition [ parties] ...
Actio contra defunctum caepta continuitur in h'redes
Actio contra defunctum caepta continuitur in h'redes. (An action begun against a person who dies is continued against his heirs.) This rule did not apply to actions strictly personal. See Lansdowne v. Lansdowne, (1815) 1 Mad 116; and see ACTIO PERSONALIS....
Adjudication contra h'reditatem jacentem
Adjudication contra h'reditatem jacentem. When a debtor's heir apparent renounces the succession, any creditor may obtain a decree cognitionis causa, the purpose of which is that the amount of the debt may be ascertained so that the real estate may be adjudged, Scots term. Consult Encyc. Of Scots Law....
Allegatio contra factum non est admittenda
Allegatio contra factum non est admittenda [Lat.], An allegation contrary to a deed is not admissible....
Ambigua responsio contra proferentem est accipienda
Ambigua responsio contra proferentem est accipienda [Lat.], an ambiguous answer is to be taken against him who offers it...
Ambiguum placitum interpretari debet contra proferentem
Ambiguum placitum interpretari debet contra proferentem. Co. Litt. 303 b.-(An ambiguous plea ought to be interpreted against the party delivering it.)...
Benigne faciend' sunt interpretationes, propter simplicitatem laicorum, ut res magis valeat quam pereat; et verba intentioni non ' contra debent inservire
Benigne faciend' sunt interpretationes, propter simplicitatem laicorum, ut res magis valeat quam pereat; et verba intentioni non ' contra debent inservire. Co. Litt. 36.-(Constructions are to be made liberally, on account of the simplicity of the laity, that the thing may rather avail than perish; and words ought to serve the intention, not contrariwise.) These maxims relate to the mode of interpreting written instruments. The judges will rather apply the words of a document to fulfil its lawful intent, than destroy such intent because of insufficient language, for to the intention, when once discovered, all technical forms of expression must give way.See the maxims very fully illustrated in Broom's Legal Maxims, it being said that, notwithstanding qualifications and restrictions, the maxims 'are undoubtedly the most important and comprehensive which can be used for determining the true construction of written instruments.'...
Commenda estfacultas recipiendi et retinendi beneficium contra jus positivum a suprema potestate
Commenda estfacultas recipiendi et retinendi beneficium contra jus positivum a suprema potestate. Moore, 905.-(A commendam is the power of receiving and retaining a benefice contrary to positive law, by supreme authority.)...
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