Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Est autem jus publicum et privatum quod ex naturalibus praeceptis aut gentium aut civilibus est collectum; et quod in jure scripto jus appellatur, id in lege Angliae rectum esse dicitur
Public and private law is that which is collected either from natural precepts of the (law of) nations or from civil precepts; and that which in the civil law is called jus is said in the law of England to be right. Co. 1Jtt. 558.
Nemo potest facere per obliquum quod non potest facere per directum
No one can do indirectly what he cannot do directly.
Nulli vendemus, nulli negabimus, aut differemus rectum vel justitiam
We shall sell to no one, deny to no one, or delay to no one, equity or justice.
Quod in jure scripto jus appellatur, id in lege Angliae rectum esse dicitur
What in the civil law (literally, written law) is called jus, in the law of England is said to be rectum (right).
Res judicata facit ex albo nigrum, ex nigro album, ex curvo rectum, ex recto curvum
A matter adjudged makes white black; black white; the crooked straight; the straight crooked.
ad rectum
ub. [law latin] to right; to meet an accusation.
dominium directum
n. [Law Latin] Civil law. Legal, not equitable, ownership.
dominium directum et utile
n. [Law Latin] Civil law. Complete ownership of property, including both title and exclusive use.
rectum
[Latin] 1. Right. 2. A trial or accusation.