Distinguenda sunt tempora; aliud est facere, aliud perficere

Dictionary: 
Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Times must be distinguished; it is one thing to act and another to finish. See 2 Pick. (Mass.) 327.

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