Justitia Debet Esse Libera
Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
QUIA nihil inlquius venal! justitia; plena, quia Justitia non debt ciaudicare; et celeris, quia dilatio est quaedam negatio. Justice ought to be unbought, because nothing is more hateful than venal justice; full, for justice ought not to halt; and quick, for delay is a kind of deniaL 2 Inst. 56. JUSTITIA EST CONSTANS ET PERPEtua voluntas ius suum culque tribuendi. Justice is a steady and unceasing disposition to render to every man his due. Inst. 1. 1. pr.; Dig. 1. 1. 10.