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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.