Origo rei inspici debet. The origin of a thing ought to be Inquired into. 1 Co. 99.
Pacta conventa qua neque contra leges, neque Bolo male mite sunt, Omni modo observanda sunt.
Contracts which are not illegal, and do not originate in fraud, must In all respects be observed. Code 2. 3. 29 ; Broom, Max. 698, 732.
Pacta dant legem contractui. Agreements give the law to the contract. Halkers. Max. 118.
Pacta privata juri pubiico derogare non possunt.
Private contracts cannot derogate from the public law. ? Co. 23.
Pacta qua; contra leges constitutionesque vel con tra bons mores fiunt nullam vim habere, tat% juris est. It is indubitable law that contracts agaliast the laws, or good morals, have no force. Code 2. 3. 6 ; Broom, Max. 695.
Pacta quw turpem causam continent non sunt observanda. Contracts founded upon an immoral consideration are not to be observed. Dig. 2. 14. 27. 4 ; 2 Pet. (U. S.) 539, 7 L. Ed. 508 ; Broom, Max. 732. Pactis privatorum juti publics non derogatur. Private contracts do not derogate from public law. Broom, Max. 695 ; per Dr. Lushington, Arg. 4 Cl. & F. 241; Arg. 3 id. 621.
Pasta aliquid licitum est, quod sine pacto non admittitur. By a contract something le permitted, which, without it, could not be admitted. Co. Litt. 166.
Par in parent imperium non habet. An equal has no power over an equal. Jenk. Cent. 174. Example : One of two judges of the same court cannot com mit the other for contempt.
Parens est nomen generale ad (mime genus cogna tionis. Parent is a general name for every kind of relationship. Co. Litt. 80 ; Littleton § 108 ; Mag. Cart. Joh. c. 50.
Parentum est liberos alere etiam nothos. It le the duty of parents to support their children even when illegitimate. Lofft 222.
Paria copulantur paribus. Similar things unite with similar.
Paribus sententiis revs absolvitur. When opin ions are equal, a defendant is acquitted. 4 Inst. 64. Parte quacumque integrante sublata, tollitur to turn. An integral part being taken away, the whole is taken away. 8 Co. 41.
Partus ex legitimo thoro non certius noscit ma trem quam genitorem swum. The offspring of a
legitimate bed knows not his mother more certainly than his father. Fortescue, c. 42.
Partus sequitur Ventrem. The offspring follow the condition of the mother. Inst. 2. 1. 19. (This is the law in the case of slaves and animals ; but with regard to freemen, children follow the condition of the father.) Broom, Max. 516, n. ; 13 Mass. 551; 18 Pick. (Mass.) 222.
Parum est latent esse sententiam, nisi mandetur evecutioni. It is not enough that judgment should be given unless it he committed to execution. Co. Litt. 289 b.
Parum proficit scire quid fleri debet si non cog flosses quomodo sit facturum. It avails little to know what ought to be done, if you do not know how it is to be done. 2 Inst. 503.
Pater is est quem nuptice demonstrant. The fa ther is he whom the marriage points out.. Bart. Leg. Max. 151; 1 Bla. Com. 446 ; 7 Mart. N. s. (La.) 548, 553; Dig. 2. 4. 5; Broom, Max. 516. See Accss. Patria laboribus et expensis non debet fatigari. A jury ought not to he harassed by labors and ex penses. Jenk. Cent. 6.
Petrie potestas in pietate debet, non in atrocitate consistere. Paternal power should consist in affec tion, not in atrocity.
Beccata contra naturam sunt gravissima. Offences against nature are the most serious. 3 Inst. 20. Peccatum peccato addit qui aulpce quam tacit pa trocinium defensionis adjungit. He adds one of fence to another, who, when he commits a crime, Joins to it the protection of a defence. 5 Co. 49. Pendente lite nihil innovetur. During a litiga tion nothing should be changed. Co. Litt. 344. See 20 How. (U. S.) 106, 15 L. Ed. 833 ; 1 Story, Eq. Jur. § 406; 2 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 441; 6 Barb. (N. Y.) 33. ,See Lis PENDENS.
Per alluvionem id videtur adjici, quod its paula tim adjicitur ut intelligere non possumus quantum quoque Mpmento temporis adjiciatur. That is said to he added by alluvion which is so added little by little that we cannot tell how much is added at any one moment of time. Dig. 41. 1. 7. 1 ; Hale, de Jur. Mar. pars. 1, c. 4 ; Fleta, 1. 3, c. 2, § 6.