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Actore non probante absolvitur reus (Hob. 103)

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Caveat emptor

Caveat emptor. Hob. 99.--(Let the purchaser beware.) The rule of 'caveat emptor' as to purchase of goods and animals with its

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Scilicet

make a restriction where the precedent words are not so very express but that they may be restrained, Hob. 171.

Warrantor potest excipere quod qu'rens non tenet terram de qua petit warrantiam, et quod donum fuit insufficiens

Warrantor potest excipere quod qu'rens non tenet terram de qua petit warrantiam, et quod donum fuit insufficiens. Hob. 21, (A warrantor may object that the complaint does not hold the land of which he seeks the

Veritas nimium altercando amittitur

Veritas nimium altercando amittitur (Hob. 334), by too much altercation truth is lost.

Tuta est custodia qua sibimet creditur

Tuta est custodia qua sibimet creditur (Hob. 340), that guardianship is secure which trusts to itself alone.

Summum jus, summa injuria. Summa lex summa crux

Summum jus, summa injuria. Summa lex summa crux. Hob. 125.-(Extreme law is extreme injury. Strict law is strict punishment)

Stabit prcsumptio donec probetur in contrarium

Stabit prcsumptio donec probetur in contrarium. Hob. 297.-(A presumption will stand good till the contrary is proved.) see PRESUMPTION.

Simonia est voluntas sive desiderium emendi vel vendendi spiritualia vel spiritualibus adharentia. Contractus ex turpi causa et contra bonos mores

Simonia est voluntas sive desiderium emendi vel vendendi spiritualia vel spiritualibus adharentia. Contractus ex turpi causa et contra bonos mores (Hob. 167), simony is the will or desire of buying or selling spiritualities, or things pertaining...