Nemo Dat Qui Non Habet

No one can give who does not possess. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 250. NEMO DE DOMO SUA EXTRAHI DEbet. A citizen cannot be taken by force from his house to be conducted before a judge or to prison. Dig. 50. 17. 103. This maxim in favor of Roman liberty is much the same as that every man's house is his castle. Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 384. NEMO DEBET ALIENA JACTURA LOcupletarl. No one ought to gain by another's loss. 2 Kent, Comm. 336. NEMO DEBET BIS PUNIRI PRO UNO delicto. No one ought to be punished twice NEMO DEBET BIS VEXARI PRO [UNA et] eadem causa. No one should be twice harassed for the same cause. 2 Johns. (N. Y.) 24, 27, 182; 13 Johns. (N. Y.) 153; 8 Wend. (N. Y.) 10, 38; 2 Hall (N. Y.) 454; 3 Hill (N. Y.) 420; 6 Hill (N. Y.) 133; 2 Barb. (N. Y.) 285; 6 Barb. (N. Y.) 32; 5 Pet. (U. S.) 61; 1 Archb. Prac. (Chit Ed.) 476; 2 Mass. 355; 17 Mass. 425.