Obsta Principiis
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Lat. Withstand beginnings; resist the first approaches or encroachments. “It is the duty of courts to be watchful for the constitutional rights of the citizen, and against any stealthy eneroachments thereon. Their motto should be ‘Obsta principtis.’”
Bradley, J., 116 U.8. 635, 6 Sup. Ct, Rep. 535.