CESSANTE RATIONE LEGIS CESSAT IPSA LEX WHEN THE REASON FOR THE LAW CEASES, THE LAW

ITSELF CEASES LEGIS INTERPRETATIO LEGIS VIM OBTINET THE CONSTRUCTION OF LAW OBTAINS THE FORCE OF LAW LEX PROSPICIT, NON RESPICIT THE LAW LOOKS FORWARD, NOT BACKWARD EX NECESSITATE LEGIS FROM THE NECESSITY OF LAW IN EO QUOD PLUS SIT, SEMPER INEST ET MINUS THE LESS IS INCLUDED IN THE GREATER CASUS OMISSUS PRO OMISSO HABENDUS EST A CASE OMITTED IS TO BE HELD AS INTENTIONALLY OMITTED INTEREST REIPUBLICAE UT SIT FINIS LITIUM IT CONCERNS THE COMMONWEALTH THAT THERE BE AN END OF LAW SUITS STARE DECISIS (et non quieta movere) LET IT STAND (for reasons of stability in the law) VERBA LEGIS LETTER OF THE LAW INDEX ANIMI SERMO SPEECH IS THE INDEX OF THE MIND A VERBIS LEGIS NON EST RECEDENDUM FROM THE WORDS OF THE LAW THERE MUST BE NO DEPARTURE MALEDICTA EST EXPOSITIO QUAE CORRUMPIT TEXTUM IT IS A BAD CONSTRUCTION WHICH CORRUPTS THE TEXT ABSOLUTA SENTETIA EXPOSITORE NON INDIGET AN ABSOLUTE UNQUALIFIED SENTENCE OR PROPOSTITION, NEEDS NO EXPOSITOR DURA LEX SED LEX THE LAW IS HARSH, BUT IT IS THE LAW HOC QUIDEM PERQUAM DURUM EST, SED ITA LEX SCRIPTA EST THIS INDEED IS EXCEEDINGLY HARD, BUT SO THE LAW IS WRITTEN AEQUITAS NUNQUAM CONTRAVENIT LEGIS EQUITY NEVER CONTRAVENES THE LAW UBI LEX NON DISTINGUIT, NEC NOS DISTINGUERE DEBEMUS WHERE THE LAW DOES NOT DISTINGUISH, WE OUGH NOT TO DISTINGUISH

GENERALIA VERBA SUNT GENERALITER INTELLIGENDA GENERAL WORDS ARE UNDERSTOOD IN A GENERAL SENSE EJUSDEM GENERIS OF THE SAME KIND EXPRESSIO UNIUS EST EXCLUSIO ALTERIUS THE EXPRESSION OF THE ONE IS THE EXCLUSION OF THE OTHER EXPRESSUM FACIT CESSARE TACITUM WHAT IS EXPRESSED RENDERS WHAT IS IMPLIED ARGUMENTUM A CONTRARIO ARGUMENT BASED ON THE CONTRARY EXCEPTIO FIRMAT REGULAM IN CASIBUS NON EXCEPTIS THE EXCEPTION CONFIRMS THE RULE IN CASES WHICH ARE NOT EXCEPTED NOSCITUR A SOCIIS IT IS KNOWN BY ITS ASSOCIATES AD PROXIMUM ANTECEDENS FIAT RELATIO, NISI IMPEDIATUR SENTENTIA THE ANTECEDENT BEARS RELATION TO WHAT FOLLOWS NEXT, UNLESS IT DESTROYS THE MEANING OF THE SENTENCE REDDENDO SINGULA SINGULIS GIVING EACH TO EACH NINGUNO NON DUE ENRIQUECERSE TORTIZERAMANTE CON DAO DE OTRO: NUL NE DOIT SENRICHIR AUX DEPENS DES AUTRES NO ONE OUGHT TO ENRICH HIMSELF AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS NEMO CUM ALTERIUS DETRIMENTO PROTEST NO PERSON SHUOLD UNJUSTLY ENRICH HIMSELF AT THE EXPENSE OF ANOTHER NEMO EX ALTERIUS FACTO PRAEGRAVARI DEBET NO MAN OUGHT TO BE BURDENED IN CONSEQUENCE OF ANOTHERS ACT NEMO EX ALTERIUS INCOMMODE DEBET LECUPTERARI NO MAN OUGHT TO BE MADE RICH OUT OF ANOTHERS INJURY INTERPRETARE ET CONCORDARE LEGES LEGIBUS EST OPTIMUS INTERPRETANDI MODUS TO INTERPRET AND RECONCILE LAWS SO THAT THEY HARMONIZE IS THE BEST MODE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTEMPORANEA EXPOSITIO EST OPTIMA ET FORTISSIMA IN LEGE A CONTEMPORANEOUS EXPOSITION IS THE BEST AND MOST POWERFUL IN THE LAW STRICTISSIMI JURIS STRICTEST LETTER OF THE LAW

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