Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Aliquis non debet esse judex in propria causa, quia non potest esse judex et pars
A person ought not to be judge in his own cause, because lie cannot act both as judge and party.
Annua nec debitum judex non separat ipse.
Even the judge apportions neither annuities nor debt.
Bonus judex secundum aequum et bonum judicat, et aequitatem stricto juri praefert
A good judge decides according to fairness and the good and prefers equity to strict law.
In propria causa nemo judex
No one can be judge in his own cause.
Judex aequitatem semper spectare debet
A judge ought always to regard equity.
Judex ante oculos aequitatem semper ha. bere debet
A judge ought always to have equi. ty before his eyes.
Judex bonus nihil ex arbitrio suo faciat nec propositione domesticae voluntatis, sed juxta leges et jura pronunciet
A good judge should do nothing from his own preference or from the prompting of his private desire; but he should pronounce according to law and justice.
Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.
The judge is condemned when the guilty party is acquitted.
Judex debet judicare secundum allegata etprobata
The judge ought to give judgment according to the allegations and the proofs.
Judex est lex loquens
The judge is the speaking law.
Judex habere debet duos sales, salem sapientiae, ne sit insipidus, et salem conscientiae, ne sit diabolus
A judge should have two salts: the salt of wisdom, lest he be foolish; and the salt of conscience, lest he be devilish.
Judex non potent esse testis in propria causa
A judge cannot be a witness in his own cause.
Judex non potest injuriam sibi datum punire
A judge cannot punish a wrong done to himself.
Judex non reddit plus quam quod petensipse requirit
The judge does not give more than the plaintiff himself demands.
Lex de futuro, judex de praeterito
The law (provides) for the future, the judge for the past.
Nemo debet esse judex in propria causa
No one should be judge in his own cause.
Nemo potest esse simul actor et judex
No one can be at the same time suitor and judge.
Nemo sibi esse judex vel suis jus dicere debet
No one ought to be his own judge or to administer justice in cases where his relations are concerned.
Optima est lex quae minimum relinquit arbitrio judicis; optimus judex qui minimum sibi
It is the best law that leaves the least to the discretion of the judge; the best judge is he who leaves least to himself.
Optimus judex qui minimum sibi
He is the best judge who (leaves) the least to his own discretion.
eonjudex
[fr. Latin con "together" + judex "judge"] Hist. An associate judge.
judex
n. [Latin] 1. Roman law. A private person appointed by a praetor or other magistrate to hear and decide a case. ( The Roman judex was originally drawn from a panel of qualified persons of standing but was later himself a magistrate. 2. Roman & civil law. A judge. 3. Hist. A juror. - Also spelled iudex. Pl. judices (joo-di-seez).
judex a quo
Civil law. A judge from whom an appeal is taken.
judex ad quem
Civil law. A judge to whom an appeal is taken.
judex datus
Roman law. A judex assigned by a magistrate or provincial governor to try a case.
judex delegates
Civil law. A delegated judge; a special judge.
judex lscalis
Roman law. A judex having jurisdiction of matters relating to the fiscus. See FISCUS (1).
judex ordinarius
Civil law. A judge having jurisdiction in his own right rather than by delegated authority.
judex pedaneus
Roman law. A judex to whom petty cases are delegated; an inferior or deputy judge. - Also termed judex specialis.
judex quaestionis
Roman law. The chairman of the jury in a criminal case, normally a magistrate of lower rank than praetor.
judex selectus
Civil law. A judge selected to hear the facts in a criminal case.
judex specialis
Roman law. See judex pedaneus.
suus judex
[Law Latin] Hist. A proper judge in a cause.
vice-judex
Hist. A deputy judge.