Nullum arbitrium

No award

Nullum crimen majus est inobedientia: no crime is greater than disobedience; applied to the refusal of an officer to return a writ. Nullum exemplum est idem omnibus: no example is the same for all purposes; no one precedent is adapted to all cases; a maxim in conveyancing. Nullum iniquum est praesumendum in jure: nothing unjust is to be presumed in law. Nullum iniquum in jure praesumitur: nothing unjust is presumed in law. Nullum simile est idem: no like thing is the same: similarity is not identity. Nullum simile quatuor pedibus currit: no simile runs upon four feet (or all fours, as it is otherwise expressed); no simile holds in everything. Nullum tempus: no time; — act: the statute of 9 Geo. III., c. 16, so called; — occurrit regi: no time bars (or runs against) the king, — qualified by statute in modern times, and always subject to exceptions; — occurrit reipublicae: no time runs [time does not run] against the commonwealth or state.