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Sententia Facit Jus

Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

ET LEGIS INterpretatio legls vim obtlnet. The sentence makes the law, and the interpretation has the force of law.