Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Consuetudo contra rationem introducta potius usurpatio quam consuetudo appellari debet.

A custom introduced against reason ought rather to be called a usurpation than a custom.

Jurisdictio est potestas de publico introducta, cum necessitate juris dicendi

Jurisdiction is a power introduced for the public good, on account of the necessity of dispensing justice.

Multa in jure communi contra rationem disputandi pro communi utilitate introducta sunt

Many things have been introduced into the common law, with a view to the public good, that are contrary to logical reasoning. Co. Litt. 70b.

Quae contra rationem juris introducta sunt, non debent trahi in consequentiam

Things introduced contrary to the reason of the law ought not to be drawn into precedents.( "We do find divers precedents which are utterly against law and reason and for that void." 12 Coke 75.

introducta

[Latin] Roman law. Personal property brought into a leased apartment by the tenant. ( The lessor held a tacit mortgage over introducta to ensure payment of rent. Cf. INVECTA ET ILLATA.