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Quivis

Defined in 1 dictionary — Abbott (1879)

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Any; anyone; everyone. Quivis praesumitur bonus donee probetur contrarium. Every one is presumed innocent until the contrary is proved. A familiar principle of common law, called "the golden rule of lawyers." QUO; QUOD. For maxims commencing with these inflections of the Latin pronouns qui and quis, see Qui; Quis.