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Qu' est eadem (which is the same). In trespass and other actions, when the plea necessarily stated the trespass to have been committed at some other time, place, etc., than that laid in the declaration, it was usual, before the conclusion of the plea, to allege, that the supposed trespasses mentioned in the plea were the same as those whereof the plaintiff had complained. This allegation was usually termed qu' est eadem. It was equivalent to a traverse of the time and place named in the declaration, 1 Chit. Pleading, 581.It means which is the same. This phrase was used by a defendant in a trespass action to show that the trespass the defendant was justified in committing was the same as that alleged in the plaintiff's pleading, that is, the plaintiff gave the defendant permission to enter, and so the defendant entered the property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1252....
Talis non est eadem; nam nullum simile est idem
Talis non est eadem; nam nullum simile est idem (4 Co. 18), what is like is not the same; for nothing similar is the same....
Conditio beneficialis, qu' statum construit, benigne secundum verborum intentionem est interpretanda; odiosa autem qu' statum destruit, stricte secundum verborum proprietatem accipienda
Conditio beneficialis, qu' statum construit, benigne secundum verborum intentionem est interpretanda; odiosa autem qu' statum destruit, stricte secundum verborum proprietatem accipienda. 8 Rep. 90. (A beneficial condition, which creates as estate, ought to be construed favourably according to the intention of the words; but a condition which destroys an estate is odious, and ought to be construed strictly according to the letter of the words.)...
De non apparentibus et non existentibus eadem est ratio
De non apparentibus et non existentibus eadem est ratio. 5 Rep. 6.-(As to things not apparent, and those not existing, the rule is the same.) The maxim applies where a party seeks to rely on writings not produced in Court, which have, on account of such non-production, to be treated as non-existent (Broom's Max.), unless they can be proved by secondary evidence....
Eadem mens prasumitur regis que est juris, et que esse debet, prasertim in dubiis
Eadem mens prasumitur regis que est juris, et que esse debet, prasertim in dubiis [Lat.], The mind of the king is presumed to be in conformity with the law, and with what it should be, especially in doubtful cases....
Ubi eadem ratio ibi idem jus, et de similibus idem est judicium
Ubi eadem ratio ibi idem jus, et de similibus idem est judicium (Co. Litt. 191a), where there is the same reason, there is the same right; and of things similar, the judgment is similar....
In his qu' de jure communi omnibus conceduntur, consuetudo alicujus patri' vel loci non est alleganda
In his qu' de jure communi omnibus conceduntur, consuetudo alicujus patri' vel loci non est alleganda. 11 Co. 85.-(In those things which by common right are conceded to all, the custom of a particular district or place is not to be alleged.)...
Pacta qu' contra leges constitutionesque vel contra bonos mores flunt nullam vim habere, indubitati juris est
Pacta qu' contra leges constitutionesque vel contra bonos mores flunt nullam vim habere, indubitati juris est.-(It is undoubted law that agreements have no force which are contrary to law or the constitutions, or to good morals.)...
Perpetua lex est, nullam legem humanam ac positivam perpetuam esse; et clausula qu' abrogationem excludit, ab initio non valet
Perpetua lex est, nullam legem humanam ac positivam perpetuam esse; et clausula qu' abrogationem excludit, ab initio non valet. Bacon.-(It is an everlasting law, that no positive human law shall be perpetual; and any part of an enactment which purports to admit of no repeal, is void from the beginning.)...
Nemo debet bis vexari pro eadem causa
Nemo debet bis vexari pro eadem causa, (no person should be twice vexed for the same offence) embodies the well established common law rule that no one should be put to peril twice for the same offence, State v. Nalini, (1999) 5 SCC 253....
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