Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Ambiguis casibus semper praesumitur pro rege
In doubtful cases the presumption is always in favor of the king.
Clausulae inconsuetae semper inducunt suspicionem
Unusual clauses always arouse suspicion.
Cum par delictum est duorum, semper oneratur petitor, et melior habetur possessoris causa
Where two parties are equally at fault, the claimant always is at the disadvantage, and the party in possession has the better cause.
Dona clandestina sunt semper suspiciosa.
Clandestine gifts are always suspicious.
Enitia pars semper praeferenda est propter privilegium aetatis
The part of the elder sister is always to be preferred on account of the privilege of age.
Exceptio semper ultima ponenda est
An exception is always to be put last.
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.
Idem semper antecedenti proximo refertur.
Idem (the same) always refers to the nearest antecedent.
Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.
Im. punity invites (an offender) to ever worse of fenses.
In eo quod plus sit semper inest et minus.
The lesser is always included in the greater.
In fictione juris semper aequitas existit.
In a fiction of law there is always equity. 0 A legal fiction is always consistent with equity.
In fictione juris semper subsistit aequitas.
In a legal fiction equity always abides (or prevails).
Interpretatio talis in ambiguis semper fiends est ut evitetur inconveniens et absurdum.
In ambiguities, a construction should always be found such that what is unsuitable and absurd may be avoided.
Ita semper flat relatio ut valeat dispositio.
Let the relation be so made that the disposition may stand.
Judex aequitatem semper spectare debet
A judge ought always to regard equity.
Judex ante oculos aequitatem semper ha. bere debet
A judge ought always to have equi. ty before his eyes.
Judicium semper pro veritate accipitur
A judgment is always taken for truth.
Leges naturae perfectissimae sunt et immutabiles; humani vero juris conditio semper in infinitum decurrit, et nihil est in eo quod perpetuo stare posit
The laws of nature are most perfect and immutable; but the condition of human law is an unending succession, and there is nothing in it that can stand forever.
Lew semper intendit quod convenit rationi
The law always intends what is agreeable to reason.
Lex Angliae nunquam matris sed semper patris conditionem imitari partum judicat
The law of England rules that the offspring always follows the condition of the father, never that of the mother.
Lex dilationes semper exhorret
The law always abhors delays.
Lex semper dabit remedium
The law will always give a remedy.
Libertinum ingratum leges civiles in pristinam servitutem redignunt; sed leges Angliae semel manumissum semper liberum judicant
The civil laws reduce an ungrateful freedman to his original slavery; but the laws of England regard a person once manumitted as ever after free.
Linea recta semper praefertur transversali
The right line is always preferred to the collateral.
Negligentia semper habet infortuniam comitem
Negligence always has misfortune for a companion.
Postliminium fingit eum qui captus est semper in civitate fuisse
Postliminy (restoration of rights) imagines that a person who has been captured has never left the state.( A person captured by the enemy, who later returns, is restored to all his former rights. Just. Inst. 1.12.5.
Principalis debet semper excuti antequam perveniatur ad fideijussores
The principal should always be exhausted before resorting to the sureties.
Putius semper est errare in acquietando quam in puniendo, ex parte misericordiae quam ex parte justitiae
It is always safer to err in acquitting than in punishing, (and) on the side of mercy than of justice.
Qui semel malus, semper praesumitur esse malus in eodem genere
A person who is once bad is always presumed to be bad in the same kind of affair.
Relatio semper flat ut valeat dispositio
Reference should always be made in such a manner that a disposition (in a will) may have effect.
Semel civis semper civis
Once a citizen, al. ways a citizen.
Semel malus semper praesumitur esse malus in eodem genere
Whoever is once bad is presumed to be so always in the same kind of affair.
Semper in dubiis benigniora praeferenda sunt
In dubious cases, the more favorable constructions are always to be preferred.
Semper in dubiis id agendum est, ut quam tutissimo loco res sit bona fide contracts, nisi quum aperte contra leges scriptum est
Always in doubtful cases that is to be done by which a bona fide contract may be in the safest condition, except when it has been drawn up clearly contrary to law.
Semper in obscuris quod minimum est sequimur
In obscure cases we always follow what is least obscure.
Semper in stipulationibus et in caeteris contractibus id sequimur quod actum est
In stipulations and other contracts, we always follow what was done (or agreed to). Dig. 50.17.34.
Semper its flat relatio ut valeat dispositio
Let the reference always be so made that the disposition may avail.
Semper necessitas probandi incumbit ei qui agit
The necessity of proving always rests upon the claimant.
Semper praesumitur pro legitimatione puerorum, et filiatio non potest probari
The presumption is always in favor of legitimacy of children, and filiation cannot be proved.
Semper praesumitur pro negante
The presumption is always in favor of the one who denies.
Semper praesumitur pro sentential
The presumption is always in favor of a judgment (or sentence).
Semper qui non prohibet pro se intervenire mandare creditur
A person who does not prohibit the intervention of another in his behalf is always believed to authorize it.
Semper sexus masculinus etiam faemininum continet
The masculine gender always includes the feminine as well. Dig. 32.63.
Semper specialia generalibus insunt
Special clauses are always included in general ones.
Sensus verborum est duplex, mitis et asper, et verba semper accipienda sunt in mitiore sensu
The meaning of words is twofold, mild and harsh; and words are always to be received in their milder sense.
Sensus verborum ex causa dicendi accipiendus est, et sermones semper accipiendi sunt secundum subjectam materiam
The sense of words is to be taken from the occasion of speaking them, and discourses are always to be interpreted according to the subject matter.
Talis interpretatio semper ftenda est ut evitetur absurdum, et inconveniens, et ne judicium sit illusorium
Interpretation is always to be made in such a manner that what is absurd and improper is avoided, and so that the judgment is not a mockery.
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.
Verba semper accipienda sunt in mitiori sensu
Words are always to be taken in their milder sense.
semper
[Latin] Always. ( This term introduces several Latin maxims, such as semper in dubiis benigniora praeferenda sunt ("in doubtful cases, the more favorable constructions are always to be preferred").