(Latin: He owes and is used to.) Where a man sues in a writ of right or to recover any right of which he is for the first time disseised, as of a suit at a mill or in case of a writ of quod permittat he brings his writ in the debet et solet. Reg. Orig. 144a; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 122, M.
Debet quis juri subjacere ubi delinquit. One [every one] ought to be subject to the law [of the place] where he offends. 3 Inst 34. This maxim is taken from Bracton. Bract, fol. 154b.
Debet sua cuique domus esse perfugium tutissimum. Every man’s house should be a perfectly safe refuge. Clason y. Shot-well, 12 Johns. (N. X.) 31, 54.
Debile fundamentum fallit opus. A weak foundation frustrates [or renders vain] the work [built upon it.] Shep. Touch. GO; Noy, Max. 5, max. 12; Finch, Law, b. 1, ch. 3. When the foundation fails, all goes to the ground; as, where the cause of action fails, the action itself must of necessity fail. Wing, Max., 113, 114, max. 40; Broom, Max. 180.