PARUM CAVISSE VIDETUR

Latin: In Roman law. He seems to have taken too little care; he seems to have been incautious, or not sufficiently upon his guard. A form of expression used by the judge or magistrate in pronouncing sentence of death upon a criminal. Festus, 325; Tayl. Civil Law, 81; 4 Bl. Comm. 362, note. Parum differunt quss re concordant. 2 Bulst 86. Things which agree in substance differ hut little. Parum est latum esse sententiam nisi mandetur execution!. It is little [or to little purpose] that judgment be given unless it be committed to execution. Co. Litt 289. Parum profidt scire quid neri debet, si non cognosces quomodo sit faoturum. 2 Inst. 503. It profits little to know what ought to be done, if you do not know how it is to be done.