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Noxa Sequitur Caput

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

The injury (i. e., liability t» make good an injury caused by a slave) follows the head or person, i. e., attaches to his master. Heinec. Elem. Jur, Civ. lib. 4, tit. 8, § 1231.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

An injury follows the source.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The injury [i. e., liability to make good an injury caused by a slave] follows the head or person, [i. c., attaches to his master.] Heinecc. Elem. 1. 4, t. 8, § 1231.