Nil temere novandum
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Nothing should be rashly changed.' N. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 163. NIMIA CERTITUDO CERTITUDINEM IPsam destruit. Too great certainty destroys certainty itself. Lofft, 244. NIMIA SUBTILITAS IN JURE REPRObatur. To much subtlety in law is discountenanced. Wingate, Max. 26. NIMIA SUBTILITAS IN JURE REPROin law; for such nice pretense of certainty confounds true and legal certainty. Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 175; 4 Coke, 5.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Nothing should be rashly changed.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Nothing should be rashly changed. Jenk. Cent. 163.