Iota

The ninth and smallest letter of the Greek alphabet; hence any minute or insignificant thing. IPSAE LEGES CUPIUNT UT JURE REgantur. The laws themselves desire that they should be governed by right. Co. Litt. 174b, quoted from Cato. IPSE (Lat.) I (before verbs of first person); thou (before verbs of second person); he himself, she herself, he alone, etc.; the very one; e. g., ipsum corpus, the very thing itself. Halk. Tech. Terms. Ipsae [etenim'] leges cupiunt ut jures regantur, for the very laws themselves wish that they should be ruled by right, — a line, quoted from Cato, which occurs in the decision of Chief Justice Wray and the whole court in the Case of Bankrupts, 2 Coke, 25b.

The minutest quantity possible. Iota is the smallest Greek letter. The word “jot” is derived therefrom. Ips leges cupiunt ut jure regantur, Ca. Litt. 174. The laws themselves require that they should be governed by right.