Leges
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
/. Laws. Leges figeudi et reiigendi consuetude est periculosissima: the practice of making and remaking law is most dangerous. Leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant: later laws abrogate prior laws which are contrary to them. Leges scriptae, non scriptas: written, unwritten laws. Leges sub graviori lege: laws under a weightier law. Leges vigilantibus non dormientibus subveniunt: laws are for the aid of those who are diligent, not those who sleep their above law. Legis constructio non faoit injuriam: the construction of law works no wrong.