Legal Latin Phrases
Starting with phrase number 596

596. Semel heres, semper heres - If you are an heir, you always will be (Legal term: general principle of inheritance law, used to ensure time status as heir)
597. Sententia debet esse conformis libello - The sentence must be consistent with libel (Legal term)
598. Si is, cum quo lege Aquilia agitur, confessus est servum occidisse, licet non occiderit, si tamen occisus sit homo, ex confesso tenetur - If one confesses of kiling a slave, he must be condemmed if the slave is killed, or if he dies of natural causes (Legal term - Julius Paulus Digest 42,2,4)
599. Sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas - Use what's yours without harming others (Legal and diplomatic term - Used in international law to specify that countries are free to use their own natural resources, as long as they do not compromise the resources of neighboring countries)
600. Sine actione agis - No action to sue (Legal term)
601. Societas delinquere non potest - Societies may not transgress (Legal term)
602. Solve et repete - Pay now and protest later (Legal term - Settle, then appeal)
603. Specialia generalibus derogant - Specialized laws take precedence over general laws (Legal term)
604. Standum est chartae - Must stand by the letter (Legal term - Must adhere to the writte agreement)
605. Stare decisis, et quaeta non muovere - Hold on to what was decided, do not modify what exists (Legal term)
606. Statuto de terris ad manum mortuam non ponendo edito non obstante - Not withstanding the statute edicted about not placing lands in Mortmain (Legal term - Court of Queen's Bench, Ireland - The Mortain statute prevents land from passing into the possession of the Church without a royal license)
607. Sub iudice - Under judgement (Legal term - Involved in a judicial process and waiting for a sentence)
608. Sui iuris - Own rights (Legal Term - Emancipated - Compare with Alieni iuris)
609. Superficie solo cedit - The surface accesses the ground (Legal term - claims and rights have to be real, grounded on the law)
610. Suum cuique tribuere - To each his own (Legal term)
611. Tempus fugit iuris lumen dum fulget iuristis - Time flees, while the light of law shines for the jurist (Legal term by professor David Misari)
612. Terminus a quo - Limit from which (Legal term)
613. Terminus ad quem - Limit to which (Legal term)
614. Terminus ante quem - Limit before which (Legal term)
615. Terminus post quem - Limit after which (Legal term)
616. Testes habesne? - Do you have witnesses? (Legal term - Pliny the elder)
617. Thema decidendi - The matter to be decided (Legal term)
618. Tribunicia auctoritas morum - Tribunal moral authority (Legal term)
619. Tribunicia potestas - Tribunal power (Legal term)
620. Tutela est vis ac potestas in capite libero ad tuendum eum qui propter aetatem suam sponte se defendere nequit - Guardianship is power and authority to protect someone who because of his age, cannot protect himself (Legal term - definition of Tutela)

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