Multa Non Vetat Lex

Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

QUAE TAmen tacite damnavit. The law fails to forbid many things which yet it has silently condemned. MULTA TRANSEUNT CUM UNIVERSItate quae non per se transeunt. Many things pass as a whole which would not pass separately. Co. Litt. 12a. MULTI MULTA; NEMO OMNIA NOVIT. Many men know many things; no one knows everything. 4 Inst. 348. MULTI UTILIUS EST PAUCA IDONEA effundere, quam multis inutilibus homines gravari. It is much more useful to pour forth a few useful things than to oppress men with many useless things. 4 Coke, 20.