EJURATION

Renouncing or resigning one’s place. Ejus est interpretari cujus est condere. It is his to interpret whose it is to enact. Tayl. Civil Law, 96. Ejus est nolie, qui potest velie. He who can will, [exercise volition,] has a right to refuse to will, [to withhold consent] Dig. 60, 7, 3. Ejus est periculum cujus est dominium aut commodum. He who has the dominion or advantage has the risk. Ejus nulla culpa est cui parere necesse sit. No guilt attaches to him who is compelled to obey. Dig. 50, 17, 169, pr. Obedience to existing laws is a sufficient extenuation of guilt. before a civil tribunal. Broom, Max. 12, note.