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Cujus est solum ejus est usque ad c'lum et ad inferos, ormore succinctly, Cujus est solum ejus est altum Co. Litt. 4.-(Whose is the soil, his it is even to heaven and to the middle of the earth.) Therefore a man whose land is overhung by his neighbour's treemay cut downthe overhanging boughs, Lemmon v. Webb, 1895 AC 1; and a man who parts with his land, but ishes to retain the minerals beneath it, must expressly reserve them, unless he sell to a railway company, which by s. 77 of the (English) Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, does not take mines unless the conveyance of the land expressly grants them. As to action for trespass and other torts by aircraft, see the (English) Air Navigation Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 80), s. 9....
Quod prius est verius est; et quod prius est tempore potius est jure
Quod prius est verius est; et quod prius est tempore potius est jure (Co. Litt. 347b), what is first is truer, and what is first in time is better in law....
Cum in testamento ambigue aut etiam perperam scriptum est, benigne interpretari debet et secundum id quod credibile est cogitatum credendum est
Cum in testamento ambigue aut etiam perperam scriptum est, benigne interpretari debet et secundum id quod credibile est cogitatum credendum est [Lat.], Where an ambiguous, or even erroneous, expression occurs in a will, it should be construed liberally and in accordance with the testator's probable meaning...
Extortio est crimen quando quis colore officii extorquet quod non est debitum, vel supra debitum, vel ante tempus quod est debitum
Extortio est crimen quando quis colore officii extorquet quod non est debitum, vel supra debitum, vel ante tempus quod est debitum. 10 Rep. 102-(Extortion is that crime when, by colour of office, any person extorts that which is not due, or more than is due, or before the time when it is due.)...
Jus est norma recti; et quicquid est contra normam recti est injuria
Jus est norma recti; et quicquid est contra normam recti est injuria [Lat.], law is a rule of right; and whatever is contrary to the rule of right is a wrong...
Circuitus est evitandus; et boni judicis est lites derimere, ne lis ex lite oriatur
Circuitus est evitandus; et boni judicis est lites derimere, ne lis ex lite oriatur [Lat.], Circuity is to be avoided; and it is the duty of a good judge to determine litigation, lest one lawsuit arise out of another....
Conoirmatio est nulla ubi donum precedens est invaldium
Conoirmatio est nulla ubi donum precedens est invaldium [Lat.], There is no confirmation where the preceding gift is invalid....
Cujus est dae ejus est disponere
Cujus est dae ejus est disponere. Wing. Max. 53.-(Whose it is to give, his it is to dispose of.) See Broom's Leg. Max....
Cujus est instituere ejus est abrogare
Cujus est instituere ejus est abrogare [Lat.], He that institutes may also abrogate. [Latin]...
Deliberandum est diu quod statuendum est semel
Deliberandum est diu quod statuendum est semel [Lat.], That which is to be resolved once for all, should be long deliberated upon....
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