Omne Jus Aut Consensus Fecit
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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
aut necessitas constituit, aut firmavit consuetudo. All law has either been derived from the consent of the people, established by necessity, or confirmed by custom. Dig. 1. 3. 40; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 616, note. OMNE MAGIS DIGNUM TRAHIT AD SE minus dignum sit antiquius. Every worthier • thing draws to it the less worthy, though the latter be more ancient. Co. Litt. 355. OMNE MAGNUM EXEMPLUM HABET aliquld ex iniquo, quod publica utilitate compensatur. Every great example has some portion of evil, which is compensated by its public utility. Hob. 279. OMNE MAJUS CONTINET IN SE Minus. The greater contains In itself the less. 5 'Coke, 115a; Wingate, Max. 206; Story, Ag. § 172; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 173. OMNE MAJUS DIGNUM CONTINET IN se minus dignum. The more worthy contains in itself the less worthy. Co. Litt. 143. OMNE MAJUS MINUS IN SE COMPLECtltur. Every greater embraces in itself the minor. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 208. OMNE PRINCIPALE TRAHIT AD SE accessorium. Every principal thing draws to itself the accessory. 17 Mass. 425; 1 Johns. (N. Y.) 580. OMNE QUOD INAEDIFICATUR SOLO cedlt. Everything belongs to the soil which is built upon it. Dig. 41. 1. 7. 10; Id. 47. 8. 1; Inst. 2. 1. 29; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 355; Fleta, lib. 3, c. 2, § 12. OMNE SACRAMENTUM DEBET ESSE OMNE TESTAMENTUM MORTE CONsummatum est. Every will is consummated by death. 3 Coke, 29b; 4 Coke, 61b; 2 Bl. Comm. 500; Shep. Touch. 401. OMNES ACTIONES IN MUNDO INFRA certa tempera habent limitationem. All actions in the world are limited within certain periods. Bracton, 52. OMNES HOMINES AUT LIBERI SUNT aut servi. All men are freemen or slaves. Inst. 1. 3. pr.; Fleta, lib. 1, c. 1, § 2. OMNES LICENTIAM HABERE HIS quae pro se induita sunt, renunclare. All shall have liberty to renounce those things which have been established in their favor. Code, 2. 3. 29; Id. 1. 3. 51; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 625.