Prcesumptio ex eo quod plerumque fit. Presump tions arise from what generally happens. 22 Wend. (N. Y.) 425, 475.
Prceeumptio violenta, plena probatio. Violent pre sumption is full proof.
Prcesumptio violenta valet in lege. Strong pre sumption avails in law. Jenk. Cent. 58.
Prwsumptiones sunt conjectures ex signo venisimil% ad probandum assumptce. Presumptions are conjectures from probable proof, assumed for pur poses of evidence. J. Voet. ad. Pand. I. 22, tit. 3, n. 14.
Prcetextu liciti non debet admitti illicitum. Un der pretext of legality, what is Illegal ought not to be admitted. 10 Co. 88.
Praxis judicum est interpres legum. The prac tice of the judges is the interpreter of the laws. Hob. 96 ; Branch, Princ.
Precedents have as much law as justice. Precedents that pass sub-silentio are of little or no authority. 16 Vin. Abr. 499.
Pretium succedit in locum rei. The price stands in the place of the thing sold. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 939; 2 Bulstr. 312.
Previous intentions are judged by subsequent acts.
4 Denio (N. Y.) 319.
Prima pars cequitatis esqualitas. The radical ele ment of equity is equality.
Primo executienda, est verb% via, ne sermonis vitio obstruatur oratio, sive lex sine argumentis. The force of a word is to he first examined, lest by the fault of diction the sentence be destroyed or the law he without arguments. Co. Litt. 68.
Princeps at respublica ex justa causes possunt rem meam auferre. The king and the commonwealth for a just cause can take away my property. 12 Co. 13.
Princeps legibus solutus est. The emperor is free from laws. Dig. 1. 3. 31 ; Halifax, Anal. prey. vi, vii, note.
Principalis debet semper excuti antequam perven iatur ad fideijussores. The principal should always be exhausted before coming upon the sureties. 2
Inst. 19.
Principia probant, non probantur. Principles prove, they are not proved. 3 Co. 40. See PRIN CIPLES.
Principiis obsta. Oppose beginnings. Branch, Princ.
Principiorum non est ratio. There is no reason ing of principles. 2 Bulstr. 239. See PRINCIPLES.
Principium est potissima pars cujusque rei. The beginning is the most powerful part of a thing. 10 Co. 49.
Prior tempore, potion jure. He who le first in time Is preferred in right. Co. Litt. 14 a ; Broom, Max. 354: 2 p. Wms. 491 ; 1 Term 733: 9 Wheat. (U. S.) 24, 6 L. Ed. 23 ; 15 AtI. (Pa.) 730.
Privatio prceswpponit habitum. A deprivation pre supposes a possession. 2 Rolle 419.
Privatis pactionibus non dubiuns est non lirdi jus cceterorum. There is no doubt that the rights of others cannot be prejudiced by private agreements. Dig. 2. 15. 3. pr. ; Broom, Max. 697.
Privatorum, conventio jurti public° non derogat. Private agreements cannot derogate from public law. Dig. 60. 17. 46. 1; Broom, Max. 696.
Privatum commodum public° cedit. Private to public good. Jenk. Cent. 273.
Privatum incommodum publico bono pensatur. Private inconvenience is made up for by public good. Broom, Max. 7.
Privilegium est beneftcium personale et extin guitur cum persona. A privilege is a personal benefit and dies with the person. 3 Bulstr. 8. Privti/egium est quasi private lex. A privilege is, as it were, a private law. 2 Bulstr. 189. Privilegium non valet contra rempublicam. A privilege avails not against the commonwealth. Bacon, Max. 25; Broom, Max. 18; Noy, Max., 9th ed. 34.
Pro possessione prcesumitur de jure. From pos session arises a presumption of law. See Pos