Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Justitia non novit patrem nec matrem, solum veritatem spectat justitia

Justice knows neither father nor mother; justice looks to truth alone.

Partus ex legitimo thoro non certius noscit matrem quam genitorem suum

The offspring of a legitimate bed does not know his mother more certainly than his father.

Qui nascitur sine legitimo matrimoriio, matrem sequitur

A child who is born out of lawful matrimony follows the condition of the mother.

matre

n. [French] French law. A master, esp. of a vessel.