Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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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.
De jure judices, de facto juratores, respon
dent. The judges answer regarding the law, the jury on the facts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
conjurator
Hist. A person who swears an oath with others; a coconspirator.
distringas juratores
n. [Law Latin "you are to distrain the jurors"] Hist. A writ ordering the sheriff to distrain jurors or their property to compel their appearance before the judges of assize and nisi prius for jury duty on an appointed day.
habeas corpora juratorum
[Law Latin "that you have the bodies of the jurors"] Hist. A writ commanding the sheriff to bring in jurors and, if necessary, to take their lands and goods as security to ensure their attendance in court for a trial setting. ( This writ issued from the Court of Common Pleas and served the same purpose as a distringas juratores in the King's Bench. The writ was abolished in 1852.
jurator
Archaic. See JUROR.
juratory
adj. Of, relating to, or containing an oath. - Also termed juratiue.