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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
I. Greater. Major haereditas venit unicuique nostrum a jure et legibus quam a parentibus: a greater legacy comes to every one of us from right and the law than from our parents. Majora regalia: the higher royal prerogatives. Majorae summae minor inest: the greater sum includes the less. Majus dignum, etc.; v. Magis. Majus jus: more right.