Veritas
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
Truth; verity. Veritas a quocunque dicitur, a Deo est: truth, by whomsoever it is spoken, is of God. Veritas habenda est in juratore, justicia et judicium in judice: truth must be had in a juror, justice and judgment in a judge. Veritas nihil veretur nisi abscondi: truth fears nothing but to be hid. Veritas nimium altercando amittitur: truth is lost by excessive altercation. Veritas nominis tollit errorem demonstrationis: the truth of the name removes [the effect of] error of demonstration, v. Praesentia, etc.