Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Nil agit exemplum litem quod lite resolvit

A precedent accomplishes nothing if it settles one dispute by raising another.

Nullum exemplum est idem omnibus

No example is the same for all purposes.

Quae legi communi derogant non sunt trahenda in exemplum

Things that derogate (or detract) from the common law are not to be drawn into precedent.

exemplum

n. [Latin] Civil law. A copy; a written authorized copy.