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Judex est lex loquens	A judge is the law speaking.
Judex non potest esse testis in propira causa	A judge cannot be witness in his own cause.
Judex non potest injuriam sibi datam punire	A judge cannon punish a wrong done to himself.
Judex non reddit plus quam quod petens ipse requirit	A judge does not give more than the plaintiff himself demands.
Judiciis posterioribus fides est adhibenda	Faith must be given to later decisions.
Judicis est judicare secundum allegata et probata	It is the duty of a judge to decide according to the allegations and the proofs.
Judicium non debet esse illusorium, suum effectum habere debet	A judgment ought not to be illusory; it ought to have its proper effect.
Juduces non tenentur exprimere causam sententiae suae	Judges are not bound to explain the reason of their judgment.
Jura naturae sunt immutabilia	The laws of nature are immutable.
Jura publica anteferenda privatis juribus	Public rights are to be preferred to private rights.
Juramentum est indivisibile et non est admittendum in parte verum et in parte falsum	An oath is indivisible and it is not to be held partly true and partly false.
Jurare est Deum in testem vocare, et est actus divini cultus	To swear is to call God to witness and is an act of divine worship.
Jus	A right that is recognised in law.
Jus accrescendi praefertur oneribus	The right of survivorship is preferred to incumbrances.
Jus ad rem; jus in re	A right to a thing; a right in a thing.
Jus dicere, non jus dare	To declare the law, not to make the law.
Jus est norma recti; et quicquid est contra normam recti est injuria	The law is a rule of right; and whatever is contrary to a rule of right is an injury.
Jus naturale	Natural justice.
Jus naturale est quod apud omnes homines eandem habet potentiam	Natural right is that which has the same force among all men.
Jus scriptum aut non scriptum	The written law or the unwritten law.
Jusjurandum inter alios factum nec nocere nec prodesse debet	An oath made between third parties ought neither to hurt nor profit.
Justitia est duplec; severe puniens et vere praeveniens	Justice is two
Justitia firmatur solium	The throne is established by justice.
Justitia nemini neganda est	Justice is to be denied to no one
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Leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant	Subsequent laws repeal prior conflicting ones.
Legibus sumptis desinentibus legibus naturae utendum est	When laws imposed by the State fail, we must use the laws of nature.
Lex aliquando sequitur aequitatem	The law sometimes follows equity.
Lex citius tolerare vult privatum damnum quam publicum malum	The law would rather tolerate a private injury than a public evil.
Lex dabit remedium	The law will give a remedy.
Lex dilationes abhorret	The law abhors delays.
Lex est judicum tutissimus ductor	The law is the safest guide for judges.
Lex est sanctio sancta jubens honesta et prohibens contraria	The law is a sacred sanction, commanding what is right and prohibiting the contrary.
Lex indendit vicinum vicini facta scire	The law presumes that one neighbor knows the acts of another.
Lex necessitatis est lex temporis i.e. instantis	The law of necessity is the law of time, that is time present.
Lex neminem cogit ad vana seu impossiblia	The law compels no one to do vain or impossible things.
Lex nil frustra facit	The law does nothing in vain.
Lex non a rege est violanda	The law must not be violated even by the King.
Lex non deficere potest in justitia exhibenda	The law cannot fail in dispensing justice.
Lex non novit patrem, nec matrem; solam veritatem	The law does not know neither father nor mother, only the truth.
Lex non oritur ex injuria	The law does not arise from a mere injury.
Lex non requirit verificari quod apparet curiae	The law does not require that to be proved which is apparent to the Court.
Lex non favet delicatorum votis	The law does not favor the wishes of the dainty.
Lex plus laudatur quando ratione probatur	The law is the more praised when it is supported by reason.
Lex prospicit not respicit	The law looks forwared, not backward.
Lex punit mendaciam	The law punishes falsehood.
Lex rejicit superflua, pugnatia, incongrua	The law rejects superfluous, contradictory and incongruous things.
Lex spectat naturae ordinem	The law regards the order of nature.
Lex succurrit ignoranti	The law succors the ignorant.
Lex tutissima cassis, sub clypeo legis nemo decipitur	Law is the safest helmet; under the shield of the law no one is deceived.
Lex uno ore omnes alloquitur	The law speaks to all through one mouth.
Longa possessio est pacis jus	Long possession is the law of peace.
Longa possessio parit jus possidendi et tollit actionem vero domino	Long possession produces the right of possession and takes away from the true owner his action.
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Magister rerum usus; magistra rerum experientia	Use is the master of things; experience is the mistress of things.
Major continet in se minus	The greater contains the less.
Majus est delictum se ipsum occidere quam alium	It is a greater crime to kill one s self than another.
Mala fide	In bad faith.
Mala grammatica non vitiat chartam	Bad grammar does not vitiate a deed.
Mala in se	Bad in themselves.
Mala prohibita	Crimes prohibited.
Malitia supplet aesatem	Malice supplies age.
Malo animo	With evil intent.
Mandamus	We command.
Maximus magister erroris populus est	The people are the greatest master of error.
Melior est conditio possidentis, ubi neuter jus habet	Better is the condition of the possessor where neither of the two has the right.
Melior testatoris in testamentis spectanda est	In wills the intention of a testator is to be regarded.
Meliorem conditionem suam facere potest minor deteriorem nequaquam	A minor can make his position better, never worse.
Mens rea	Guilty state of mind.
Mentiri est contra mentem ire	To lie is to act against the mind.
Merito beneficium legis amittit, qui legem ipsam subvertere intendit	He justly loses the benefit of the law who seeks to infringe the law.
Minatur innocentibus qui parcit nocentibus	He threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.
Misera est servitus, ubi jus est vagum aut incertum	It is a miserable slavery where the law is vague or uncertain.
Mors dicitur ultimum supplicium	Death is called the extreme penalty.
Muilta exercitatione facilius quam regulis percipies	You will perceive many things more easily by experience than by rules.