Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Clausula vel dispositio inutilis per praesumptionem remotam vel causam ex post facto non fulcitur
A useless clause or disposition is not supported by a remote presumption or by a cause arising afterwards. ( A useless clause or disposition is one that expresses no more than the law by intendment would have supplied; it is not supported by a remote presumption or foreign intendment of some purpose, in regard whereof it might be material, or by a cause arising afterwards that may induce an operation of those idle words.
Inutilis labor et sine fructu non est effectus legis
Useless and fruitless labor is not the effect of law.
Lex non praecipit inutilia, quia inutilis labor stultus
The law does not command useless things, because useless labor is foolish.
Licet dispositio de interesse futuro sit inutilis, tamen potest fieri declaratio praecedens quae sortiatur effectum interveniente novo actu
Even if the grant of a future interest is inoperative, yet a declaration precedent may be made that may take effect, provided a new act intervenes.
Maihemium est membri mutilatio, et dici poterit, ubi aliquis in aliqua parte sui corporis efectus sit inutilis ad pugnandum
Mayhem is the mutilation of a limb, and can be said (to occur) when a person is injured in any part of his body so as to be useless in a fight.
Potentia inutilis frustra est
Useless power is in vain.
Quae ab initio inutilis fuit institutio, ex post facto convalescere non potest
An institution void in the beginning cannot acquire validity by a subsequent act.
Quando dispositio referri potent ad duas res, ita quod secundum relationem unam vitiatur et secundum alteram utilis sit, tum facienda est relatio ad illam ut valeat dispositio
When a disposition can refer to two matters, so that according to one reference it would be void and by another it would be effective, reference must be made to the latter, so that the disposition may take effect.
Utilis
adj. [Latin] Civil law. Useful; beneficial; equitable. ( This word appeared in phrases such as actio utilis (ak-shee-oh yoo-talis), meaning "equitable action."
Vix ulla lex fieri potest quae omnibus commoda sit, sed si majori parti prospiciat, utilis est
Scarcely any law can be made that is advantageous to all; but if it benefits the majority, it is useful.
actio utilis
An action founded on utility rather than strict right, available esp. to persons having an interest in property less than ownership. This type of action was modeled after the actio directa. Cf. actio directs (1).
actio utilis.
See ACTIO.
annus utilis
n. [latin] roman law. a year made up of the available days for conducting legal business and deducting the remaining days, such as days when the courts are closed or when the opposing party is absent.