Legal Maxim

Meaning

Judecas dati

Judges given or appointed.

Judex tenetur impertiri judicium suum

A judge s bound to communicate his decision.

Judicandum est legibus non exemplis

Judgement must be given by the laws, not by examples.

Judicia posteriora sunt in lege fortiora

Later judgements are stronger in law.

Judicis est judicare secundum allegata et probate

It is the duty of the judge to decide in accordance with what has been alleged and proved.

Judicium a non suo judice nullius est momenti

A judgement pronounced by a judge in a matter not falling within his jurisdiction is of no effect.

Judicium simper pro veritate accipitur

A judgement is always accepted as true.

Juratus creditor in judicio

In a judgement a person who has sworn an oath is believed.

Juris execution non habet injuriam

The execution of the law inflicts no wrong.

Jus ex injuria non oritur

A right does not arise from wrong.

Jus constitui oportet in his quae ut plurimum accident non quae ex inopinato

The law ought to be established to meet those cases which most frequently happen, not those which arise unexpectedly.

Jus respicit aequitatum

The law pays regard to equity.

Justo tempore

At the right time.