Veneficis
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In Roman law. The Cornelian law respecting assassins and poisoners. Passed by the dictator Sylla. Dig. 48, 6; Calvin. Lex de futuro, judex de preterito. The law provides for the future, the judge for the past. Lex deficere non potest in justitia exhibenda.
Co. Litt. 197.
The law cannot be defective in dispensing justice,