Meliorations
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Scotch law
Improvements of an estate, other than mere repairs; betterments.
1 Bell, Comm. 73.
MELIOREM CONDITIONEM ECCLESIAE suae facere potest praelatus, deteriorem nequaquam. A bishop can make the condition of his own church better, but by no means worse.
Co. Litt. 101.
MELIOREM CONDITIONEM SUUM FACere potest minor, deteriorem nequaquam. A minor can improve or make his condition better, but never worse.
Co Litt. 33713.
MELIUS EST IN TEMPORE OCCURREre, quam post causam vulneratum remedium quae re re. It is better to restrain or meet a thing in time, than to seek a remedy after a wrong has been inflicted.
2 Inst. 299.