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Scire leges non hoc est verba earum tenere, sed vim et potestatem
Scire leges non hoc est verba earum tenere, sed vim et potestatem
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Ballentine's (1916)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine
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1916
To know the laws is not to grasp their words alone, but their force and power.