Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Cessante ratione legis cessat et ipsa lex.
When the reason of the law ceases, the law itself also ceases.
Consuetudo contra rationem introducta potius usurpatio quam consuetudo appellari debet.
A custom introduced against reason ought rather to be called a usurpation than a custom.
De similibus ad similia eadem ratione procedendum est
From like things to like things we are to proceed by the same rule. ( That is, we are allowed to argue from the analogy of cases.
Falsa demonstratione legatum non perimi.
A legacy is not destroyed by an incorrect description.
Insanus est qui, abjecta ratione, omnia cum impetu et furore facit
The person is insane who, having cast aside reason, does everything with violence and rage.
Lex plus laudatur quando ratione probatur
The law is more praised when it is consonant with reason.
Multa in jure communi contra rationem disputandi pro communi utilitate introducta sunt
Many things have been introduced into the common law, with a view to the public good, that are contrary to logical reasoning. Co. Litt. 70b.
Nihil quod est contra rationem est licitum
Nothing that is against reason is lawful.
Nil sine prudenti fecit ratione vetustas
Antiquity did nothing without a good reason.
Non accipi debent verba in demonstrationem falsam, quae competunt in limitationem veram
Words ought not to be accepted to import a false description when they are consistent with a true definition.
Non valebit felonis generatio nee ad haereditatem paternam vel maternam; si autem ante feloniam generationem- fecerit, talis generatio succedit in haereditate patris vel matris a quo non fuerit feloni
The offspring of a felon cannot succeed either to a maternal or paternal inheritance; but if the felon had offspring before the felony, the offspring may succeed to the inheritance of the father or mother by whom no felony was committed.
Per rationes pervenitur ad legitimam ra, tionem
By reasoning we come to legal reason
Quae contra rationem juris introducta sunt, non debent trahi in consequentiam
Things introduced contrary to the reason of the law ought not to be drawn into precedents.( "We do find divers precedents which are utterly against law and reason and for that void." 12 Coke 75.
Quaecunque intra rationem legis inveniuntur, intra legem ipsam esse judicantur
Whatever appears within the reason of the law is considered within the law itself.
Quaere de dubiis, quia per rationes pervenitur ad legitimam rationem
Inquire into doubtful points, because through reasoning we arrive at legal reason.
Quamvis lex generaliter loquitur, restringenda tamen est, ut cessante ratione et ipsa cessat
Although a law speaks generally, it must bear some restriction, since the law ceases (or loses effect) when the reason ceases.
Qui rationem in omnibus quaerunt rationem subvertunt
They who seek a reason for everything subvert reason.
Quod contra juris rationem receptum est, non est producendum ad consequentias
What has been admitted against the reason of the law ought not to be drawn into precedents.
Quod est inconveniens aut contra rationem non permissum est in lege
What is unsuitable or contrary to reason is not allowed in law.
Quod nullius est id ratione naturali occupanti conceditur
What belongs to no one, by natural reason becomes property of the first occupant. Dig. 41.1.3.
Quod vero contra rationem juris receptum est, non est producendum ad consequentias
But what has been admitted contrary to the reason of law ought not to be drawn into precedents.
Ratio est legis anima, mutata legis ratione mutatur et lex
Reason is the soul of the law; when the reason of the law has been changed, the law is also changed.
Scire proprie est rem ratione et per causam cognoscere
To know properly is to know a thing in its reason and by its cause.
Stat pro ratione voluntas
The will stands in place of a reason.
Stat pro ratione voluntas populi
The will of the people stands in place of a reason.
Sublata veneratione magistratuum, respublica ruit
When respect for magistrates has been destroyed, the commonwealth perishes.
Tutor praesumitur intus habere, ante redditas rationes
A tutor is presumed to have funds in his own hands until his accounts have been rendered.
Vitium est quod fugi debet, ne, si rationem non invenias, mox legem sine ratione esse clames
It is a fault that ought to be avoided, that if you do not discover the reason, you quickly exclaim that the law is without reason.
ad audiendam considerationem curiae
vb. [Law Latin] To hear the judgment of the court.
ad rationem ponere
ub. [law latin "to give a reason"] to cite (a person) to appear. 0 the exchequer summoned persons to appear and explain a charge with this phrase.
ad reparationem et sustentationem
adu. [law latin] for repairing and keeping in suitable condition.
admensuratione dotis
See admeasurement of dower under ADMEASUREMENT.
de admensuratione dotis
n. [Law Latin "of the admeasurement of dower"] Hist. A writ available to an heir (or the heir's guardian if the heir is an infant) to reduce the dower of the ancestor's widow who, while the heir was an infant, was assigned more dower than she was entitled to. "If the heir or his guardian do not assign her dower within the term of quarantine, or do assign it unfairly, she has her remedy at law, and the sheriff is appointed to assign it. Or if the heir (being under age) or his guardian assign more than she ought to have, it may be afterwards remedied by writ of admeasurement of dower." 2 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 136 (1766).
de arbitratione facto
n. [Law Latin "of arbitration had"] Hist. A writ staying an action already settled by arbitration.
de exoneratione sectae
n. [Law Latin "of exoneration of suit"] Hist. A writ exempting the king's ward from being sued in any court lower than the Court of Common Pleas (such as a county court, hundred court, leet, or court baron) during the time of the wardship.
de superoneratione pasturae
n. [Law Latin "of surcharge of pasture"] Hist. A judicial writ against a person who was initially brought into county court for putting too many cattle on pasture, and later was impleaded in the same court on the same charge, and the cause was removed to the superior court at Westminster.
ex comparatione scriptorum
[Latin] By a comparison of writings or handwritings. ( This term was formerly used in the law of evidence.
exoneratione sectae
[Latin] Hist. A writ that lay for the Crown's ward, to be free from all suit during wariship.
exoneratione sectae ad curiam baron
[Latin "by exoneration of the suit to the lord's court"] Hist. A writ issued by the guardian of the Crown's ward, forbidding the sheriff or steward of a particular court from distraining or taking other action against the ward.
in consideratione inde
[Law Latin] In consideration thereof.
in consideratione legis
[Law Latin] 1. In consideration or contemplation of law. 2. In abeyance.
in consideratione praemissorum
[Law Latin] In consideration of the premises.
novae narrationes
n. [Law Latin "new counts or tales"] Hist. A collection of pleading forms published during the reign of Edward III.
pari ratione
. [Latin] Roman & ciuil law. For the like reason; by like mode of reasoning.
per considerationem curiae
[Law Latin] By the consideration of the court.
per procurationem
[Latin] By proxy. - Abbr. per pro.; p. proc.; p. pro.; p.p. - Also termed per procuration.
ratione
[Latin] By reason; on account.
ratione domicilii
By reason of domicile.
ratione impotentiae
By reason of inability. ( This was the basis for a property right in young wild animals that were unable to run or fly. See FERAE NATURAE.
ratione loci
By reason of place. ( This was the basis for a property right in rabbits and hares.