Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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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.
Statutum
n. 1. Hist. An act of Parliament, esp one that has been approved by the monarch Cf. ACTUS (2). 2. Roman law. An ordinance; esp. an imperial law.
Statutum airmativum non derogat communi legi
An affirmative. statute does not take away from the common law.
Statutum de Nova Custuma
See CARTA MERCATORIA.
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.
Statutum speciale statuto speciali non derogat
One special statute does not take away from another special statute.
clerico capto per statutum mercatorium.
See DE CLERICO CAPTO PER STATUTUM MERCATORIUM.
de clerico capto per statutum mercatorium deliberando
n. [Law Latin "for delivering a clerk arrested on a statute merchant"] Hist. A writ ordering the release of a clerk imprisoned for breaching a statute merchant. - Often shortened to de clerico capto per statutum mercatorium.