Generalis clausula non porrigitur ad ea quo antea specia/iter sunt comprehensa. A general clause does not extend to those things which are previous ly provided for specially. 8 Co. 154.
Generalis regula generaliter est intelligenda. A general rule is to be understood generally. 6 Co. 65.
Glossa viperina est quo corrodit viscera textus. That is a poisonous gloss which eats out the vitals of the text. 10 Co. 70 ; 2 Bulst. 79.
Gram, atica false non vitiat chartam. False grammar does not vitiate a deed. 9 Co. 48. Gravies est divinam quam temporalem lcedere majestatem. It is more serious to hurt divine than temporal majesty. 11 Co. 29.
Habemus optimum testem, con fitentem ream. We consider as the best witness a confessing defendant. Fos. Cr. Law 243. See 2 Hagg. 315; 1 Phil'. Ev. 397. Hceredem Deus Tacit, non homo. God, and not man, makes the heir. Bract. 62 b; Co. Litt. 7 b. Hmrediputm solo propinguo vel extraneo pericu bosa sane custodia nullus committatur. To the next heir, whether a relation or a stranger, certainly a dangerous guardian, let no one he committed. Co. Litt. 88 b.
Hcereditas est succeasio in universum jug quod defunctus habuerat. Inheritance is the succession to every right which was possessed by the late pos sessor. Co. Litt. 237.
Hareditas nihil aliud eat quam auccessio in uni versum jus, quad defunctus habuerat. The right of inheritance is nothing else than the faculty of succeeding to all the rights of the deceased. Dig. 50. 17. 62.
Hcereditas nunquam ascendit. The inheritance never ascends. Glanville, 1. 7, c. I ; Broom, Max. 627; 2 Sharsw. Bla. Com. 212, n. ; 3 Greenl. Cr. R. P. 331 ; I Steph. Com. 378. Abrogated by stat. 3 & 4 Will. IV. c. 106, § 6.
Haredum appellatione veniunt hceredes hareclum in infinitum. By the title of heirs, come the heirs of heirs to infinity. Co. Litt. 9.
Hares eat alter ipso, et fllius eat pars patris. An heir is another self, and a son is 'a part of the father.
Hcsres est aut jure proprietatia aut jure repre sentationis. An heir is either by right of property or right of representation. 3 Co. 40.
Hceree est eadem persona cum antecessore. The heir is the same person with the ancestor. Co. Litt. 22.
Hares est nomen collectivum. Heir is a collec tive Hcsres est nomen juris, filius est nomen nature. Heir is a term of law ; son, one of nature.
Hares eat pars antecessoris. The heir is a part of this ancestor. Co. Litt. 22 b ; 3 Hill (N. Y.) 166, 167. Hares hceredia mei est mews hares. The heir of my heir is my heir. Wharton, Law Diet.
Hares logitimus est quern nuptice demonstrant. He is the lawful heir whom the marriage indicates. Mirror of Just. 70 ; Pieta, I. 6, c. I ; Dig. 2. 4. 5 ; Co. Litt. 7 b ; Broom, Max. 615. (As to the application of the principle when the marriage is subsequent to the birth of the child, see 2 Cl. & F. 571; 6 Bingh. N. c. 385; 5 Wheat. [U. S.] 226, 262, n., 6 L. Ed. 70.) Hares minor uno et viginti annia non responde bit, nisi in casu dotis. An heir under twenty-one years of age is not answerable, except in the matter of dower. F. Moore 348.
Hard cases are the quicksands of the law. 77 Fed. 705.
Hard cases make bad law.
He who comes into a court of equity must come with clean hands.
He who has committed iniquity shall not have equity. Francis, 2d Max.
He who is silent when conscience requires him to speak shall be debarred from speaking when con science requires him to be silent.
He who seeks equity must do equity. 67 III. App. 440. See EQUITY.
He who will have equity done to him must do equity to the same person. 4 Bouv. Inst. 3723.
Heirs at law shall not be disinherited by conjec ture, but •only by express words or necessary im plication. Schoul. Wills § 479.
Hoc aervabitur quod initio comma/it. That shall be preserved which is useful in the beginning. Dig. 50. 17. 23 ; Bract. 73 b.
Home re sera puny pur suer des briefes en court le roy, soft it a droit ou a tort. A man shall not be punished for suing out writs in the king's court, whether he be right or wrong. 2 Inst. 228; hut see MALICIOUS PROSECUTION.
Hominum cause jua constitutum est. Law is es tablished for the benefit of man.