Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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A justitia (quasi a quodam fonte) omnia jura emanant
From justice, as from a fountain. all rivhts flow
Ad ea quae frequentius accidunt jura adaptantur
The laws are adapted to those cases that occur more frequently.
Ad quaestiones facti non respondent judices; ad quaestiones legis non respondent juratores
Judges do not answer questions of fact; jurors do not answer questions of law.
Ad quaestiones legis judices, et non juratores, respondent
Judges, and not jurors, answer questions of law.
Angliae jura in omni casu libertati dant favorem.
The laws of England are favorable in every case to liberty.
Apices juris non sunt jura.
Legal niceties are not law.
Arma in armatos sumere jura sinunt
The laws permit taking up arms against the armed.
Conjuratio
[Latin] CONJURATION.
Cum duo jura concurrunt in una persona, aequum est ac si essent in duobus
When two rights meet in one person, it is the same as if they were in two persons.
De jure judices, de facto juratores, respon
dent. The judges answer regarding the law, the jury on the facts.
De mqjori et minori non variant jura
Concerning greater and lesser, rights do not vary (or justice does vary).
Deceptis, non decipientibus, jura subveniunt
The laws help persons who have been deceived, not those deceiving.
Ecclesia est infra aetatem et in custodia domini regis, qua tenetur jura et haereditates ejusdem manu tenere et defendere
The church is underage and in the custody of the king, who is bound to uphold and defend its rights and inheritances.
IN semper debet fieri triatio ubi juratores meliorem possunt habere notitiam
A trial should always be held where the jurors can have the best information.
In judicio non creditur nisi juratis
In court no one is trusted except those sworn.
In republics maxime conservanda sunt jura belli
The laws of war must be especially preserved in the state.
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.
Jura ecclesiastica limitata sunt infra limites separatos
Ecclesiastical laws are limited within separate bounds.
Jura eodem modo destituuntur quo constituuntur
Laws are abrogated or repealed by the same means by which they are made.
Jura majestatis
See JURA.
Jura naturae sunt immutabilia
The laws of nature are unchangeable.
Jura personarum
See JURA.
Jura publica anteferenda privates
Public rights are to be preferred to private.
Jura publica ex privato promiscue decidi non debent
Public rights ought not to be determined in confusion, from private considerations. ( In Coke's example, the validity of a sheriff's warrant is not affected by a dispute among the parties. Co. Litt. 181b.
Jura regis specialia non conceduntur per generalia verba
The special rights of the king are not granted by general words.
Jura sanguinis nullo jure civili dirimi possunt
The rights of blood (or kinship) cannot be destroyed by any civil law.
Jura. Praediroum
See JURA.
Juramentum est indivisibile, et non est admittendum in parte verum et in parte falsum.
An oath is indivisible; it is not to be accepted as partly true and partly false.
Jurare est Deum in testem vocare, et est actus divini cultus
To swear is to call God to witness, and is an act of religion.
Jurative
See JURATORY.
Juratores debent esse vicini, sufcientes et minus suspecti
Jurors ought to be neighbors, of sufficient means and free from suspicion (literally, less suspected).
Juratores sunt judices facti
The jurors are the judges of fact.
Juratus creditur in judicio
In judgment a person who has sworn an oath is believed.
Jusjurandi forma verbis differt, re convenit; hunc enim sensum habere debet, ut Deus invocetur
The form of taking an oath differs in language, but agrees in meaning; for it ought to have this sense, that God is invoked.
Jusjurandum
n. [Latin] An oath. See JURAMENTUM.
Jusjurandum inter alios factum nec nocere nec prodesse debet
An oath made between third parties ought neither to hurt nor to profit.
Minor jurare non potest
A minor cannot take an oath.
Necessitas inducit privilegium quoad jura privata
Necessity creates a privilege with regard to private rights.
Nemo patriam in qua natus est exuere, nec ligeantiae debitum ejurare posit
No one can cast off his native land or reuse the obligation of allegiance to it.
Nemo tenetur jurare in suam turpitudinem
No one is bound to swear to his own criminality.
Non est arctius vinculum inter homines quam jusjurandum
There is no closer (or firmer) link among men than an oath.
Omnis conclusio boni et veri judicii sequitur ex bonis et veris praemissis et dictis juratorum
Every conclusion of a good and true judgment follows from good and true premises and the verdicts of jurors.
Perjuri sunt qui servatis verbis juramenti decipiunt aures eorum qui accipiunt
Those who preserve the words of an oath but deceive the ears of those who accept it are perjurors.( Coke adds, "By ancient law of England, in all oathes equivocation is utterly condemned." 3 Co. Inst. 166.
Praejuramentum
n, [Law Latin] Hist. A preparatory oath.
Quando duo jura concurrunt in una persona, aequum est ac si essent in diversis
When two rights run together in one person, it is the same as if they were in separate persons.
Quemadmodum ad quaestionem facti non respondent judices, ita ad quaestionem juris non respondent juratores
In the same manner that judges do not answer questions of fact, so jurors do not answer questions of law.
Sacramentum habet in se tres comites, veritatem justitiam et judicium: veritas habenda est in jurato; justitia et judicium in judice
An oath has in it three componentstruth, justice, and judgment: truth in the party swearing, justice and judgment in the judge (administering the oath).
Triatio ibi semper debet fieri ubi juratores meliorem possunt habere notitiam
Trial ought always to be held where the jurors can have the better information.
Veritas habenda est in juratore; justitia et judicium in judice
Truth is the desideratum in a juror; justice and judgment in a judge.
Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt
The laws aid the vigilant, not those who sleep.