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A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Lat. [from facere, q. v.] In old English law. He does or acts; it makes, or contributes to establish. Ad idem facit; it makes to the same thing; it goes to establish the same point. A common expression in Bracton. Bract, fol.

27 b, 29.

Qui facit per alium, facit per se, (q. v.) He who acts through another, acts through himself.

1 Bl. Com. 429, 474.

Qui facit id quod plus est, facit id quod minus est, sed non convertitur. He who does the greater does the less; but this is not true e converso. Bract, fol.

207 b.