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Nemo Praesumitur Malus

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

No one is presumed to be bad. NEMO PROHIBETUR PLURES NEGOtiationes sive artes exercere. No one is restrained from exercising several kinds of business or arts. 11 Coke, 64. NEMO PROHIBETUR PLURIBUS DEfensionibus uti. No one is restrained from using several defenses. Co. Litt. 304; Wingate, Max. 479. No wise one punishes that things done may be revoked, but that future wrbngs may be prevented. 3 Bulst. 17. NEMO PUNITUR PRO ALIENO DELICto. No one is to be punished for the crime or wrong of another. Wingate, Max. 336.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

No one is presumed to be wicked.