Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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In his enim quae sunt favorabilia animae, quamvis sunt damnosa rebus, fiat aliquando extentio statuti.
In things that are favorable to the spirit, though injurious to property, an extension of the statute should sometimes be made.
Optima statuti interpretatrix est
ipsum statutum. The best interpreter of a statute is (when all the separate parts of it have been considered) the statute itself.
Quando verba statuti sunt specialia, ratio autem generalis, generaliter statutum est intelligendum
When the words of a statute are special, but the reason for it general, the statute is to be construed generally.
Statuti
[Latin] Roman law. Licensed advocates whose names are inscribed in registers of matriculation, forming part of the college of advocates. Cf. SUPERNUMERARII.
Statutum generaliter est intelligendum quando verba statuti sunt specialia, ratio autem generalis
A statute is to be understood generally when the words of the statute are special but its reason is general.
contra formam statuti
[Law Latin] Contrary to the form of the statute. See AGAINST THE FORM OF THE STATUTE.
juxta formam statuti
[Latin] According to the form of the statute.
secundum formam statuti
[Law Latin] Hist. According to the form of the statute.