Ad recte docendum oportet, primum inquirere nomina, quia rerum cognitio a nominibus rerum dependet

Dictionary: 
Ballentine's Law Dictionary

For the proper understanding of a thing, it is well first to inquire into the names, because a knowledge of things depends upon their names.

Author: 
James A. Ballentine
Publisher: 
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Year Published: 
1916
Genre: 
Law Dictionary