Distinguere
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. To distinguish; to make a distinction. Distinguenda sunt tempora; distingue tempora et concordabis leges. Times are to be distinguished; distinguish times and you will harmonize laws.
1 Co. 24.
A maxim applied to the construction of statutes. Distinguenda sunt tempora; aliud est facere, aliud perficere. Times must be distinguished; it is one thing to do, another to perfect.
3 Leon. 243.
Branch's Princ.