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Nihil tam conveniens est naturali eaquitati quam unumquodque dissolvi enquiry officer ligamine quo ligatum est

Nihil tam conveniens est naturali eaquitati quam unumquodque dissolvi enquiry officer ligamine quo ligatum est. 2 Inst. 359, (Nothing is so consonant to natural equity as that a thing should be dissolved by the same

Nisi prius

that assizes of novel disseisin and mort-ancestor (which were the most common remedies of that day) should thenceforward instead of being tried at Westminster, in the superior Court, be taken in their proper counties, and for this

Nova constitutio futuris formam imponere debet non pr'teritis

Nova constitutio futuris formam imponere debet non pr'teritis. 2 Inst. 292, (A new state of the law ought to affect the future, not the past.)

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Qui accusat integra fame sit et non criminosus

Qui accusat integra fame sit et non criminosus (3 Inst. 26), let who accuses be of clear fame, and not criminal.

Nullum tempus aut locus occurit regi

Nullum tempus aut locus occurit regi 2 Inst. 273; Jenk. Cent. 83, [No time or (English) Suits Act, 1769 (9 Geo. 3, c. 16], commonly called

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head; where-upon the parties paravaile became debtors to the sheriff or escheator, and discharged against the king, 4 Inst. 116.

Quando lex est specialis, ratio autem generalis, generaliter lex est intelligenda

Quando lex est specialis, ratio autem generalis, generaliter lex est intelligenda (2 Inst. 83), where a law is special, but its reason general, the law is to be understood generally. (See

Qui non prohibet quod prohibere potest assentire videtur

Qui non prohibet quod prohibere potest assentire videtur (2 Inst. 305), he who does not prohibit what he can prohibit is regarded as consenting.

Qui non habet in are, luet in corpore

Qui non habet in are, luet in corpore (2 Inst. 173), what a man cannot pay with his purse, he must suffer in person.

Ubi lex aliquem cogit ostendere causam necesse est quod causa sit justa et legitima

Ubi lex aliquem cogit ostendere causam necesse est quod causa sit justa et legitima (2 Inst. 269), where the law compels a man to show cause, it is incumbent that the cause be just

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