Lex Rei Sit
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The law of the place wf situation of the thing.,- Lex rejicit superfilua, pugnantia, incongrua. Jenk. Cent. 188, The law rejects superfluous, contradictory, and incongruous things. Lex reprobat moram.
Jenk. Cent. 35.
The law dislikes delay. Lex respicit equitatem, Co, Litt. 24d. The law pays regard to equity.