Expressa
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [from exprimere, to express or declare.] Things or words expressed, or expressly mentioned. Expressa nocent, non expressa non nocent. Things expressed are [may be] prejudicial; things not expressed are not. Express words are sometimes prejudicial, which if omitted had done no harm.
Dig. 50. 17. 195.
See Calv. Lex. Jur. A party may sometimes prejudice himself by using words unnecessarily. Another form of this maxim is Expressa nocent, non expressa non prosunt.
4 Co. 73.