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Armorum appellatione, non solum scuta et gladii et gale', sed et fustes et lapides continentur

Armorum appellatione, non solum scuta et gladii et gale', sed et fustes et lapides continentur. Co. Litt. 162.-(Under the name of arms are included, not only shields and swords and helmets, but also clubs and stones.)...


Odiosa et inhonestanonsunt in lege pr'sumenda; et in facto quod inse habet et bonum et malum, magis de bono quam de malo pr'sumendum est

Odiosa et inhonestanonsunt in lege pr'sumenda; et in facto quod inse habet et bonum et malum, magis de bono quam de malo pr'sumendum est. Co. Litt. 78, (Odious and dishonest things are not to be presumed in law; and in an act which partakes both of good and bad, the presumption should be done in favour of what is good than that is bad....


Ceria debet esse intentio, et narratio, et certum fundamentum, et certa res qua deducitur in judicium

Ceria debet esse intentio, et narratio, et certum fundamentum, et certa res qua deducitur in judicium [Lat.], The intention, the count, and the foundation, ought to be certain, and so ought the things to be which is brought for judgment....


Les Prelats, Seigneurs, et Communes en ce present Parlement assemblees, au nom de touts vos autres sujets, remercient tres humblement votre Majeste, et prient a Dieu vous donner en sante bonne vie et longue

Les Prelats, Seigneurs, et Communes en ce present Parlement assemblees, au nom de touts vos autres sujets, remercient tres humblement votre Majeste, et prient a Dieu vous donner en sante bonne vie et longue.-The prelates, lords, and commons, in this present Parliament assembled, in the name of all your other subjects, most humbly thank your Majesty, and pray to God to grant you in health a good and long life.) The form of words used by the clerk in an act of grace or indemnity, which originates with the Crown, or, so to speak, has the royal assent before it is agreed to by the two Houses....


Omnis conclusio boni et veri judicii sequitur ex bonis et veris premissis et dictis juratorum

Omnis conclusio boni et veri judicii sequitur ex bonis et veris premissis et dictis juratorum [Lat.], every conclusion of a good and true judgment arises from good and true premises, and sayings of juries...


Per my et per tout

Per my et per tout (not of any part but of the whole). Et sic totum tenet et nihil tenet, scil, totum conjunctim et nihil per se separatum; see Myrray v. Hall, (1849) 7 CB 455. Joint tenants, by reason of the combination of entirety of interest with the power of transferring in equal shares, are said to be seised per my et per tout. 'And this,' says Littleton, 'is as much as to say, as he is seised by every parcell and by the whole, etc.'; see Co. Litt. 186 a. If any joint tenant severs by alienating his share he destroys the joint tenancy in that share and the grantee obtains no joint tenancy. See JOINT TENANTS; ENTIRETIES....


Villa est ex pluribus mansionibus vicinata et collata ex pluribus vicinis. Et sub appellatione villarum continentur burgi et civitates

Villa est ex pluribus mansionibus vicinata et collata ex pluribus vicinis. Et sub appellatione villarum continentur burgi et civitates. Co. Litt. 115 b.-(A vill is a neighbourhood of many mansions, a collection of many neighbours. And under the term vills, boroughs and cities are contained.)...


Bonus judex secundum equum et bonum judicat, et equitatem stricto juri prefert

Bonus judex secundum equum et bonum judicat, et equitatem stricto juri prefert [Lat.], A good judge decides according to justice and right, and prefers equity to strict law....


Commercium jure gentium commune esse debet, et non in monopolium et privatum paucorum qu'stum convertendum

Commercium jure gentium commune esse debet, et non in monopolium et privatum paucorum qu'stum convertendum. 3 Inst. 181.-(Commerce by the law of nations ought to be common, and not converted to monopoly and the private gain of a few.)...


Donationum alia perfecta, alia incepta et non perfecta; ut si donatio lecta fuerit et concessa, ac traditio nondum fuerit subsecuta

Donationum alia perfecta, alia incepta et non perfecta; ut si donatio lecta fuerit et concessa, ac traditio nondum fuerit subsecuta [Lat.], Some gifts are perfect, others incipient or not perfect; as where a gift is chosen and granted, but delivery has not then followed....


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