Idem

Lat. The same; the said or aforesaid. Idem agens et patiens esse non potest: the same person cannot be both agent and patient. Idem arbitratores arbitrati fuissent et adjudicassent: the said arbitrators awarded and adjudged. Idem est facere, et nolle prohibere cum possis: it is the same thing to do a thing, and to refuse to prohibit it when in your power. Idem est nihil dicere, et insufficienter dicere: it is the same thing to say nothing, and to say a thing insufficiently. Idem est non esse, et non apparere: it is the same thing not to be, as not to appear. Idem semper proximo antecedenti refertur: idem always refers to the next antecedent. Idem sonans: sounding the same.