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Nullum Simile Est Idem

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

Nothing which is like another is the same, i. e., no likeness is exact identity. 2 Story, C. C. (U. S.) 512; Story, Partn. 90; Co. Litt. 3a; 2 Bl. Comm. 162. NULLUM SIMILE EST IDEM NISI QUAtuor pedibus currit. No like Is identical, unless it run on all fours. Co. Litt. 3. NULLUM SIMILE QUATUOR PEDIBUS currit. No simile runs upon four feet, or, as ordinarily expressed, "on all fours." Co. Litt. 3a; Eunom. Dial. 2, p. 155; 1 Story, C. C. 143.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Nothing similar is the same thing. See 6 Binn. (Pa.) 506.