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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

QUAE MINImum reiinquit arbitrio judicis; id quod certitude ejus praestat That law is the best which leaves the least discretion to the judge; and this is an advantage which results from its certainty.

Bac. Aph. 8.