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Qui Non Improbat Approbat

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

He who does not disapprove approves. 3 Inst. 27. QUI NON LIBERE VERITATEM PROnunclat prodltor est veritatis. He who does QUI NON NEGAT FATETUR He who does not deny admits. A well-known rule of pleading. Tray. Lat. Max. 503. QUI NON OBSTAT QUOD OBSTARE Potest facere videtur. He who does not, prevent what he can seems to commit the thing. 2 Inst. 146. QUI NON PROHIBET CUM PROHIBERE possit Jubet. He who does not forbid when he can forbid commands. 1 Bl. Comm. 430. QUI NON PROHIBET QUOD PROHIbere potest assentire videtur. He who does not forbid what he can forbid seems to assent. 2 Inst. 308; 8 Exch. 304., QUI NON PROPULSAT INJURIAM quando potest, infert. He who does not repel a wrong when he can, occasions it. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 271. QUI OBSTRUIT ADITUM DESTRUIT commodum. He who obstructs an entrance destroys a conveniency. Co. Litt. 161.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

3 Inst. 27. He who does not blame, approves.