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MULTA, OR MULTURA EPISCOPL

A fine or final satisfaction, anciently given to the king by the bishops, that they might have power to make their wills, and that they might have the probate of other men’s wills, and the granting of administration. 2 Inst 291. Mnlta fidem promissa levant. Many promises lessen confidence. Brown v. Castles, II Cush. (Mass.) 350. Mnlta ignoramus qnse nobis non late rent si veternm lectio nobis fnit famili aris. 10 Coke, 73. We are ignorant of many things which would not be hidden from us if the reading of old authors was familiar to us. Mnlta in jure commnni contra ratio nem disputandi, pro communi ntilitate introdncta sunt. Many things have been introduced into the common law, with a view to the public good, which are inconsistent with sound reason. Co. Litt. 70&; Broom, Max. 158. Mnlta mnlto exercitatione facilins qnam regulis percipies. 4 Inst 50. You will perceive many things much more easily by practice than by rules. Mnlta non vetat lex, quae tamen tacit damnavit. The law forbids not many things which yet it has silently condemned. Malta transeunt cum universitate quae non per se transeunt. Many things pass with the whol£ which do not pass separately. Co. Litt 12a. Multi multa, nemo omnia novit. 4 Inst. 348. Many men have known many things; no one has known everything.

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