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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

primum inquirere nomina, quia rerum cognltlo a nominlbus rerum dependet. In order rightly to comprehend a thing, inquire first into the names, for a right knowledge of things depends upon their names. Co. Litt. 68. AD REPARATIONEM ET SUSTENTAtlonem. For repairing and keeping in suitable condition.