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Cui bono ? To whose advantage ?...
Cui bono
Lit for whose benefit incorrectly understood it came to be used in the sense of what good or use and hence what purpose object specif the ultimate object of life...
pro bono
pro bono [Latin pro bono publico for the public good] : being, involving, or doing legal work donated esp. for the public good [pro bono counsel] ...
Sur cui in vita
Sur cui in vita. See CUI IN VITA....
contra bonos mores
contra bonos mores [Late Latin] : harmful to the moral welfare of society [an act contra bonos mores] ...
De bono et malo, writs
De bono et malo, writs. It was anciently the course to issue special writs of gaol delivery for each particular prisoner which were called writs de bono et malo; but these being found inconvenient or oppressive, a general commission for all the prisoners has long been established in their stead, 4 Steph. Com., 7th Edn. 315....
Cui ante divortium
Cui ante divortium (to whom before divorce). A writ for a woman divorced from her husband to recover her lands and tenements which she had in fee simple or in tail, or for life, from him to whom her husband alienated them during the marriage, when she could not gainsay it, Reg. Brev. 233. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27, s. 36....
Cui in vita
Cui in vita (to whominlife). A writ of entry for a widow against him to whom her husband aliened her lands or tenements in his lifetime; which must contain in it, that during his life she could not withstand it, Reg. Brev. 232; Fitz. N.B. 193. Abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27, s. 36....
Cui licet quod majus non debet quod minus est non licere
Cui licet quod majus non debet quod minus est non licere [Lat.], He who has authority to do the more important act shall not be debarred from doing that of less importance....
Ejus nulla culpa est cui parere necesse sit
Ejus nulla culpa est cui parere necesse sit. D. 17, 50, 169.-(He is not in any fault who is bound to obey.)...
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