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Superflua Non Nocent

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Superfluities do no injury. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 184.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Superfluous things do no harm.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Superfluities do not prejudice. Jenk. Cent 184. Surplusage does not vitiate.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. Things superfluous do no harm.