Sciendam est

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In the civil law. It is to be known, or understood, — a phrase frequently used in the commencement of paragraphs as pre-liminary to some explanation, or as calling attention to some particular rule. Sciendum itaqne est, omnia fldei-comraissa primis, temporibus inilrma fnisse: it is to be known, then, that all trusts. were, in their origin, weak.