Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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A communi observantia non est recedendum
There should be no departure from common observance (or usage).
A non posse ad non esse sequitur argumentum necessarie negative, licet non affirmative.
From impossibility to nonexistence the inference follows necessarily in the negative, though not in the affirmative.
A piratis et latronibus capta dominium non mutant.
Things captured by pirates or robbers do not change their ownership.
A summo remedio ad in feriorem actionem non habetur regressus neque auxilium
From the highest remedy to an inferior action there is no recourse or assistance.
A verbis legis non est recedendum
From the words of the law there is to be no departure.
Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequential
A conclusion about the use of a thing from its abuse is invalid.
Ab assuetis non fit injuria
No injury is done by things long acquiesced in.
Abbreviationum ille numerus et sensus accipiendus est ut concessio non sit inanis
Such number and sense is to be given to abbreviations that the grant may not be void.
Absentem accipere debemus eum qui non est eo loco in quo petitur
We must consider a person absent who is not in that place in which he is sought.
Absoluta sententia expositore non indiget
A simple proposition needs no expositor.
Abundans cautela non nocet
Abundant caution does no harm.
Accessorium non ducit, sed sequitur, suum principale
An accessory does not lead, but follows, its principal.
Accipere quid ut justitiam facias non est tam accipere quam extorquere
To accept anything as a reward for doing justice is rather extorting than accepting.
Accusator post rationabile tempus non est audiendus, nisi se bene de omissione excusaverit
A person who makes an accusation after a reasonable time has passed is not to be heard unless the person makes a satisfactory excuse for the omission.
Acta in uno judicio non probant in alio nisi inter easdem personas
Things done in one action cannot be taken as evidence in another, unless it is between the same parties.
Actio non datur non damnificato
An action is not given to one who is not injured.
Actio non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea
An act does not make a person guilty unless the mind is guilty. 0 Properly, Actus non reum (q.v.).
Actor qui contra regulam quid adduxit non est audiendus
A pleader ought not to be heard who advances a proposition contrary to the rule (of law).
Actore non probante, reus absolvitur
If the plaintiff does not prove his case, the defendant is acquitted.
Actus inceptus cujus perfectio pendet ex voluntate partium revocari potest; si autem pendet ex voluntate tertiae personae, velex contingenti, revocari non potest
An act already begun whose completion depends upon the will of the parties may be recalled; but if it depends on consent of a third person or on a contingency, it cannot be recalled.
Actus judiciarius coram non judice irritus habetur; de ministeriali autem a quocunque provenit ratum esto
A judicial act before one not a judge (or without jurisdiction) is void; as to a ministerial act, from whomsoever it proceeds, let it be valid.
Actus legitimi non recipiunt modum
Acts required by law admit of no qualification.
Actus me invito factus non est meus actus
An act done (by me) against my will is not my act.
Actus non reum facit nisi mens sit rea
An act does not make a person guilty unless his mind (or intention) is guilty. 3 Co. Inst. 54; 107.
Actus repugnans non potest in esse produci
A repugnant act cannot be brought into being (that is, cannot be made effectual).
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.
Ad vim majorem vel ad casus fortuitos non tenetur quis, nisi sua culpa intervenerit
No one is held to answer for the effects of superior force or accidents, unless his own fault has contributed.
Adjuvari quippe nos, non decipi, beneficio oportet
Surely we ought to be helped by a benefit, not be entrapped by it.
Aedilcare in tuo proprio solo non licet quod alteri noceat
It is not lawful to build upon one's own land what may be injurious to another.
Aequitas ignorantiae opitulatur, oscitantiae non item
Equity assists ignorance but not complacency (or carelessness).
Aequitas non facit jus, sed juri auxiliatur
Equity does not create a right, but aids the right.
Affectus punitur licet non sequatur effectus
The intention is punished even if the object is not achieved.
Affirmanti, non neganti, incumbit probation
The proof is incumbent upon the one who affirms, not on the one who denies.
Afnis mei affinis non est mihi affinis
A person connected by marriage to someone connected by marriage to me is no connection of mine.
Aliquid conceditur ne injuria remaneat ampunita quod alias non concederetur
Something is conceded that otherwise would not be conceded, so that a wrong not remain unpuir ished.
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.
Allegans contraria non est audiendus-
A person making contradictory allegations is not to be heard.
Allegans suam turpitudinem non est audiendus
A person alleging his own wrong is not to be heard.
Alterius circumventio alii non praebet actionem.
A deception practiced upon one person does not give a cause of action to another.
Alternativa petitio non est audienda.
An alternative petition is not to be heard.
Anniculus trecentesimo sexagesimo-quinto die dicitur, incipiente plane non exacto die, quia annum civiliter non ad momenta temporum sed ad dies numeramur
We call a child a year old on the 365th day, when the day is clearly begun but not ended, because we calculate the civil year not by moments, but by days.
Annua nec debitum judex non separat ipse.
Even the judge apportions neither annuities nor debt.
Apices juris non sunt jura.
Legal niceties are not law.
Argumentum a ma;jori ad minus negative non valet; valet a converso
An argument from the greater to the lesser is of no force in the negative; conversely (in the affirmative) it is valid.
Bastardus non potest habere haeredem nisi de corpore suo legitime procreatum
A bastard cannot have an heir unless it be one lawfully begotten of his own body.
Beneficium invito non datur
A privilege or benefit is not granted against a person's will.
Beneftcium non datur nisi officii causa
A benefice is not granted except on account or in consideration of duty.
Beneicium non datum nisi propter of/
A remuneration is not -given, unless on account of a duty performed.
Benigne faciendae sunt interpretationes propter simplicitatem laicorum, ut res magis valeat quam pereat; et verba intentioni, non a contra, debent inservire
Constructions (of written instruments) are to be made liberally, for the simplicity of laymen, in order that the matter may have effect rather than fail (or become void); and words must be subject to the intention, not the intention to the words.