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Latin: From the side. In connection with the succession to property, the term means "collateral." Bract fol. 206. Also, sometimes, "without right." Id. fol. 426. In ecclesiastical law, a legate a latere is one invested With full apostolic powers; one authorized to represent the pope as if the latter were present Du Cange. … [Read more...] about A LATERE

Lat. From the red to the black; from the rubric or title of a statute, (which, anciently, was in red letters,) to its body, which was in the ordinary black. Tray. Latin: Max.; Bell, "Rubric." A snmmo remedio ad inferiorem actionem non habetur regressus, neqne auxilium. From (after using) the highest remedy, there can be no recourse (going back) to an inferior action, nor … [Read more...] about A RUBRO AD NIGRUM

Latin: An officer having charge of acta, public records, registers, journals, or minutes; an officer who entered on record the acta or proceedings of a court; a clerk of court; a notary or actuary. Calvin. Lex. Jurid. See "Acta." This, and the similarly formed epithets d cancellis, a secretin, d libelUs, were also anciently the titles of a chancellor, (cancellarius,) in the … [Read more...] about AB ACTIS

Latin: An officer who had charge of the libelli or petitions addressed to the sovereign. Calvin. A name sometimes given to a chancellor, (cancellarius,) in the early history of that office. Spelman, "Cancellarius." A l'impossible nul n'est tenu. No one Is bound to do what is impossible. … [Read more...] about A LIBELLIS

From time of which memory to the contrary does not exist A verbis legis non est reoedendnm. From the words of the law there must be no departure. 5 Coke, 119; Wing. Max. 25. A court is not at liberty to disregard the express letter of a statute, in favor of a supposed intention. 1 Steph. Comm. 71; Broom, Max. 268. … [Read more...] about A TEMPORE CUJUS CONTRARII MEMOBIA NON EXISTET