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Client

the same element as they verb clueo, to hear of obey, and accordingly compared by Niebuhr with the German word hoeriger,

Jus non habenti tute non paretur

habenti tute non paretur [Lat.], It is not safe to obey him who has no right.

Legitime imperanti parere necesse est

Legitime imperanti parere necesse est [Lat.], it is necessary to obey one legitimately commanding.

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Qui jussu judicis aliquod fecerit non videtur dolo malo fecisse, quia parere necesse est

from a wrongful motive, because it is his duty to obey.) See Broom's Leg. Max.

Repugnancy

or are absolutely irreconcilable and that it is impossible to obey without disobeying the other. Repugnancy would arise when conflicting results

Sovereignty

by the mass of men. That superior must not itself obey any higher authority. When we discover the authority which gives

Subjugation

title passes to the conqueror. After subjugation the inhabitants must obey the law such as are made and not resist them,

Wilful disobedience

by a court constitutes civil contempt, though mere failure to obey the writ may not constitute civil contempt depending upon the

Continuing offence

of those offences which arises out of a failure to obey or comply with a rule or its requirement and which

Episcopus alterius mandato quam regis non tenetur obtemperare

quam regis non tenetur obtemperare [Lat.], A bishop need not obey any mandate save the king's.

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