Classical and Foreign Quotations: Law Terms and Maxims, Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Expressions in French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Portuguese. With Translations, References, Explanatory Notes, and Indexes |
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... person for first , in order to suit the exigencies of his readers , or put the saying into more quotable and epigrammatic shape . The quota- tion may not look so sprightly , perhaps , but it has the unique and priceless quality of being ...
... person for first , in order to suit the exigencies of his readers , or put the saying into more quotable and epigrammatic shape . The quota- tion may not look so sprightly , perhaps , but it has the unique and priceless quality of being ...
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... person concerned . Thus , in Osborne v . Gillett , Baron Bramwell held that a father might bring an action for negligence , whereby his daughter was killed but Chief Baron Kelly and Baron Piggott main- tained that the maxim Actio ...
... person concerned . Thus , in Osborne v . Gillett , Baron Bramwell held that a father might bring an action for negligence , whereby his daughter was killed but Chief Baron Kelly and Baron Piggott main- tained that the maxim Actio ...
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... person ? 71. Ad eundem . ( L . ) - To the same degree . A graduate of one university is permitted to enjoy the same degree at another , and is said to be admitted ad eundem sc . gradum ( to the same degree ) , at the sister university ...
... person ? 71. Ad eundem . ( L . ) - To the same degree . A graduate of one university is permitted to enjoy the same degree at another , and is said to be admitted ad eundem sc . gradum ( to the same degree ) , at the sister university ...
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... person of such versatile talents , and so equally adapted for any and every pursuit , that let him be doing what he would , you would have said that it was the very thing that nature had intended him for . 107. Ad suum quemque æquum est ...
... person of such versatile talents , and so equally adapted for any and every pursuit , that let him be doing what he would , you would have said that it was the very thing that nature had intended him for . 107. Ad suum quemque æquum est ...
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... person . It is one way to hasten disasters to be always talking of them . 142. A fortiori . ( L . ) — With greater reason ; all the more . If one glass of beer disturbs your digestion , a fortiori two glasses will do so . 143. A Gadibus ...
... person . It is one way to hasten disasters to be always talking of them . 142. A fortiori . ( L . ) — With greater reason ; all the more . If one glass of beer disturbs your digestion , a fortiori two glasses will do so . 143. A Gadibus ...
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