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Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

JUBENS honesta, et prohibens contraria. Law is a sacred sanction, commanding what is right, and prohibiting the contrary. 2 Inst. 587. LEX EST TUTISSIMA CASSIS; SUB clypeo legis nemo declpitur. Law Is the safest helmet; under the shield of the law no one is deceived. 2 Inst. 56.