Patna; sues tenere debet actores et non alias.
Punishment ought to he inflicted upon 'the guilty, and not upon others. Bract. 380 b ; Fleta, 1. 1, c. 38, § 12 ; I. 4, c. 17, § 17.
legibus non leges politiis adaptandce.
Politics are to be adapted to the laws, and not the laws to politics. Hob. 154.
Ponderantur testes, ?bon numerantur. Witnesses are weighed, not counted. 1 Stark. Ev. 254; Best, Ey. 426, § 389 ;• 14 Wend. (N. Y.) 105, 109.
Polito uno oppositorum negatur alterum. One of two opposite positions being affirmed, the other is denied. 3 Rolle 422.
Possessio est quasi pedis positio. Possession is, as it were, the position of the foot. 3 Co. 42.
Possessio fratis de feodo simplici tacit sororem esse hceredem. Possession of the brother in fee simple makes the sister to be heir. 3 Co. 42 ; 2 Sharsw. Bla. Corn. 227 ; Broom, Max. 532.
Possessio pacifies pour anns 60 tacit jus. Peace able possession for sixty years gives a right. Jenk. Cent. 26.
Possession is a good title, where no better title ap pears. 20 Vin. Abr. 278.
Possession of the termer, possession of the rever sioner.
Possessor has right against all men but him who has the very right.
Possibility cannot be on a possibility.
Posteriora derogant priori bus. Posterior things derogate from things prior. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 90. POsthumus pro nato habetur. A posthumous child is considered as though born (at the parent's death).
Postliminium fingit eum qui captus est in civitate samper fuisse. Postliminy feigns that he who has been captured has never left the state. Inst. 1. 12. 5; Dig. 49. 51.
Potentia debet sequi justitiam, non antecedere.
Power ought to follow, not to precede, justice. 3 Bulstr. 199.
Potentia inutilis frustra est. Useless power is vain.
Potentia non est nisi ad bonum. Power is not conferred but for the public good.
Potest quis renunciare pro se et suis, jus quod pro se introductum est. A man may relinquish, for himself and those claiming under him, a right which was introduced for his own benefit. See 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 83.
Potestas stricte interpretatur. Power should he strictly interpreted. Jenk. Cent. 17.
Potestas supremo seipsum dissolvere potest, ligare non. potest. Supreme power can dissolve, but can not hind itself. Bacon, Max. Reg. 19.
Potior est conditio defendentis. Better is the condition of the defendant (than that of the plain tiff). Broom, Max. 740 ; Cowp. 343 ; 15 Pet. (U. S.) 471, 10 L. Ed. 800 ; 21 Pick. (Mass.) 289 ; 22 id. 186, 187.
Potior est conditio possidentis. Better is the con dition of the possessor. Broom, Max. 215, n. 119; 6 Mass. 84; 21 Pick. (Mass.) 140.
Prcedium servit prcedio. Land is under servitude to land. (i. e. Servitudes are not personal rights, but attach to the dominant tenement.) Trayner, Max. 455.
Prespropera consilia rare aunt prospers. Hasty counsels are seldom prosperous. 4 Inst. 57.
Prosscriptio est titulus ex usu et tempore substan tiam capiens ab auctoritate legia. Prescription is a title by authority of law, deriving its force from use and time. Co. Litt. 113.
Priescriptio et executio non pertinent ad valorem cont7actus, sed ad tempus et modum actionis insti tuendce. Prescription and execution do not affect the validity of the contract, but the time and man ner of bringing an action. 3 Mass. 84.
Prcesentare nihil aliud est quam pronto dare seu offerc. To present is no more than to give or offer on the spot. Co. Litt. 120.
Prcesentia corporis tollit errorem nominis, et yeti tas nominis tolLtt errorem demonstration is. The presence of the body cures the error in the name; the truth of the name cures an error in the de scription. Bacon, Max. Reg. 25; Broom, Max. 637; 6 Co. 66 ; 3 B. & Ad. 640 ; 6 Term 675 ; 11 C. B. 996 ; 1 H. L. C. 792; 3 De G. M. & G. 140; Hare, Contr. 471.
Prcestat cautela quam medela. Prevention is better than cure. Co. Litt. 304.
Pressumatur pro justitia sententice. The justice of a sentence should be presumed. Best, Ey. Int. 42 ; Mascardus, de prob. conc. 1237, n. 2.
Prcesumitur pro legitimatione. Thera is a pre sumption in favor of legitimacy. 5 Co. 98 b ; 1 Sharsw. Bla. Corn. 457.