A coelo usque ad centrum
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
JD From the heavens to the center of the earth.
A communi observantia non est reecedendum
From common observance there should be no departure; there must be no departure from common usage.
2 Coke, 74; Co, Litt. 186a, 2296, 365a; Wing. Max. 752, max. 203.
A maxim applied to the practice of the courts, to the ancient and established forms of pleading and conveyancing, and to professional usage generally.
Id. 752-755.
Lord Coke applies it to common professional opinion, Co. Litt. 1862, 3646.