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Lex necessitatis est lext temporis , scilicet, instantis

Lex necessitatis est lext temporis , scilicet, instantis [Lat.], the law of necessity is the [only] law for the time - that is, for the instant....


Scilicet

Scilicet [Lat., abbrev. Scil. Or sc., i.e., scire licet] (that is to say, to wit).This is not a direct and separate clause, nor a direct and entire clause, in a conveyance, but intermedia; neither is it a substantive clause of itself, but it is rather to usher in the sentence of another, and to particularize that which was too general before, or distribute that which was too gross, or explain that which was doubtful; and it must neither increase nor diminish the premises nor habendum, for it gives nothing of itself; but it may make a restriction where the precedent words are not so very express but that they may be restrained, Hob. 171....


ss

ss [Latin scilicet that is to say] specifically used in the statement of venue which follows the caption of a legal document and esp. between the name of the state and the particular subdivision (as county) ...


Scilicet

To wit namely videlicet often abbreviated to sc or ss...


Videlicet

Videlicet (to wit), a word used in pleading to precede the specification of particulars which need not be proved. See SCILICET....


Wit, To

Wit, To [scilicet, or videlicet, or viz., Lat.], to know, that is to say, namely....


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