KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

LEX EST NORMA RECTI

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LEX RESPICIT -EQUITATEM

Lex est norma recti. Law is a rule Of right. Branch, Princ. Lex est ratio smama, quae jubet quae sunt utilia et necessaria, et contraria prohibet. Law is the perfection of reason, which commands what is useful and neces sary, and forbids the contrary. Co. Litt 3196; Id. 976. Lex est sanctio sancta, jubens honesta, et prohibens contraria. Law is a sacred sanction, commanding what is right, and pro hibiting the contrary. 2 Inst 587. Lex est tutissima cassis; sub clypeo legis nemo decipitur. Law is the safest helmet; under the shield of the law no one is deceived. 2 Inst. 56. Lex favet doti. Jenk. Cent 50. The law favors dower. Lex fingit ubi subsistit sequitas. 11 Coke, 90. The law makes use of a fiction where equity subsists. Lex intendit vicinum vicini facta scire. The law intends [or presumes] that one neighbor knows what another neighbor does. Co. Litt 786. Lex judicat de rebus necessario fad endis quasi re ipsa factis. The law judges of things which must necessarily be done as if actually done. Branch, Princ. Lex necessitatis est lex temporis; i. e., instantis. The law of necessity is the law of the time; that is, of the instant, or pres ent moment Hob. 159. Lex neminem cogit ad Tana seu in utilia peragenda. The law compels no one to do vain or useless things. Co. Litt 1976; Broom, Max. 252; 5 Coke, 21a. Lex neminem cogit ostendere quod nescire prsesumitur. Lofft, 569. The law compels no one to show that which he is pre sumed not to know. Lex nemini facit injuriam. The law does injury to no one. Branch, Princ. Lex nemini operatur iniquum. The law works injustice to no one. Jenk. Cent p. 18, case 33. Lex nil facit frustra. The law does nothing in vain. Jenk. Cent p. 12, case 19; Broom, Max. 252; 1 Ventr. 417. Lex nil frustra jubet. The law com-, mands nothing vainly. 3 Bulst 280. Jenk. Cent 7. The law is not to be violated by the king. Lex non a rege est violanda.

Lex non cogit ad impossibilia. The law does not compel the doing of impossibilities. Broom, Max. 242; Hob. 96. Lex non curat de minimis. Hob. 8& The law cares not about trifles. Lex non deficit in justitia exhibenda. The law does not fail in sBowing justice. Jenk. Cent p. 31, case 61. Lex non exacte definit, sed arbitrio boni viri permittit. The law does not de fine exactly, but trusts in the judgment of a good man. Bissell v. Briggs, 9 Mass. 475, 6 Am. Dec. 88 Lex non favet delicatorum votis. The law favors not the wishes of the dainty. Broom, Max. 379; 9 Coke, 58. Lex non intendit aliquid impossibile. The law does not intend anything impossi ble. 12 Coke, 89a. For otherwise the law should not be of any effect. Lex non patitur fractiones et divisi ones statuum. The law does not suffer fractions and divisions of estates. Branch, Princ.; 1 Coke, 87a. Lex non prsecipit inutilia, quia inu tilis labor stultus. Co. Litt. 197. The law commands not useless things, because use less labor is foolish. Lex non requirit veriflcari quod ap paret curiae. The law does not require that to be verified {or proved] which is apparent to the court 9 Coke, 546. Lex plus laudatur quando ratione pro batur. The law is the more praised when it is approved by reason. Broom, Max. 159. Lex posterior derogat priori. A later statute takes away the effect of a prior one. But the later statute must either expressly repeal, or be manifestly repugnant to, the earlier one. Broom, Max. 29; Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 7. Lex prospicit, non respicit. Jenk. Cent 284. The law looks forward, not backward. Lex punit mendacium. The law punish es falsehood. Jenk. Cent p. 15, case 26. Lex rejicit superflua, pugnantia, in congrua. Jenk. Cent. 133. The law rejects superfluous, contradictory, and incongruous things. Lex reprobat moram. Jenk. Cent 35, The law dislikes delay. Lex respicit aequitatem. Co. Litt 246. The law pays regard to equity.