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Nunquam

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

I. Never. Nunquam decnrritnr ad extraordinarinm sed nbi deficit ordinarinm: we are never to resort to what is extraornary, but where [until] what is ordinary fails. Nunqnam fuit ballivns ejns, vel mercator, vel denariornm suorum receptor, vel administrator: never was his bailiff or merchant, or receiver of his moneys, or his administrator (manager). Nnnqnam prospere succednnt res hnmanaa, nbi neglignntnr divina;: human things [affairs] never prosper where divine things are neglected.

In English law

Nnnqnam indebitatns: never indebted; the name In Scots taw. Nnnqnam preescribitnr in falso: there is never a [no] prescription in case of falsehood, or forgery. In the civil law. Nanquam crescit ex postfacto praeteriti delicti sestimatio: the character of a past offense is never aggravated by a subsequent act or matter.