Debet Esse Finis Litium

There ought to be an end of lawsuits. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 61. DEBET ET DETINET (Lat. he owes and withholds).

In pleading. An action of debt is said to be in the debet et detinet when it is alleged that the defendant owes and unjustly withholds or detains the debt or thing in question. The action is so brought between the contracting parties. See "Detinet." DEBET ET SOLET (Lat. he owes and is used to). Where a man sues in a writ of right;, or to recover any right of which he is for the first time disseised, as of a suit at a mill, or in case of a writ of quod per- Tnittat, he brings his writ in the debet et solet. Reg. Orig. 144a; Termes de la Ley; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 122 (M). DEBET QUIS JURI SUBJACERE UBI delinquit. Every one ought to be subject to the law of the place where he offends. 3 Inst. 34; Bracton, fol. 154b; Finch, Law, 14, 36; Wingate, Max. 113, 114; 3 Coke, 231; 8 Scott, N. E. 567. DEBET SUA CUIQUE DOMUS ESSE perfugium tutissimum. Every man's house should be a perfectly safe refuge. 12 Johns. (N. Y.) 31, 54.

/. There ought to be an end of suits. Debet quis juri subjacere ubi delinquit: one ought to be subject to the law of the place where one offends; v. Debent.