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Optimus Judex

Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

QUI MINIMUM SIBI. He is the best judge who relies as little as possible on his own discretion. Bac. Aph. 46. OPTIMUS LEGUM INTERPRES CONsuetudo. Custom is the best interpreter of laws. 4 Inst. 75; 2 Pars. Cont. 53.