Conjunctio mariti et femince est de jure natures. The union of husband and wife is according to the Iaw of nature.
Consensus facit legem. Consent makes the law. (A contract is law between the parties agreeing to be bound by it.) Branch, Princ.
Consensus non concubitus tacit matrimonium. Consent, not coition, constitutes marriage. Co. Litt. 33 a; Dig. 50. 17. 30. See 10 Cl. & F. 534; Broom, Max. 505.
Consensus tollit errorem. Consent removes or ob viates a mistake. Co. Litt. 126 ; 2 Inst. 123 ; Broom, Max. 135 ; 1 Bingh. x. C. 68 ; 6 E. & B. 338 ; 5 Cush. (Mass.) 55; 9 Gray (Mass.) 386; 11 Allen (Mass.) 138 ; 7 Johns. (N. Y.) 611; 4 Pa. 335 ; 65 id. 190. Consensus voluntas multorum ed quos res perti net simul juncta. Consent is the united agreement of several interested In one subject-matter. Day. 48; Branch, Princ.
Consentientes et agentes pan peen plectentur. Those consenting and those perpetrating shall re ceive the same punishment. 5 Co. 80.
Consentire matrimonio non possunt infra annos nubiles. Persons cannot consent to marriage before marriageable years. 5 Co. 80 ; 6 id. 22.
Consilia multorum requiruntur in magnis. The advice of many persons is requisite in great affairs. 4 Inst. 1.
Constitutum esse eam domum unicuique nostrum debere existimari, ubi quisque seder et tabular ha beret, suarumque rerum constitutionom fecisset. It is settled that that is to be considered the home of each one of us where he may have his habitation and account-books, and where he may have made an establishment of his business. Dig. 60. 16. 203. Constructio legis non tacit injuriam. The con struction of the law does not work an injury. Co. Litt. 183 ; Brobm, Max. 603.
Consuetude) contra rationem introdueta, usurpatio quam consuetuclo appeliari (Wet. A cus tom introduced against reason ought rather to be called an usurpation than a custom. Co. Litt. 113: Bart. Max. 109.
Consuetudo debet ease certa. A custom ought to ' be certain. Day. 33.
Consuetudo debet ease certa, nam incerta pro nul kius habetur. Custom ought to be fixed, for if vari able it is held as of no accouiat. Trayner, Max. 96.
Consuetudo est altera Sex. Custom is another law. 4 Co. P1.
Consuetudo est optimus interpres legurn. Custom is the best expounder of the law. 2 Inst. 18 ; Dig. 1. 3. 37 ; Jenk. Cent. 273.
Consuetudo et communis assuetudo vincit legem non scriptam, sot sit specia!is; et interpretatur legem seriptam, aro Sex sit generalis. Custom and common usage overcome the unwritten law, if it be special ; and interpret the written law if the law be gen eral. Jenk. Cent. 273.
Consuetudo ex certa causa rationabili usitata pri vat communem Segem. Custom observed by reason of a certain and reasonable cause supersedes the common law. Co. Litt. 33b. See Broom, Legal Max. 919.
Consuetudo, Sleet sit magnce auctoritatis, nun quam tamen prcejudicat manifestce veritati. A custom, though it be of great authority, should never, however, be prejudicial to manifest truth. 4 Co. 18.
Consuetudo loci observanda est. The custom of the place is to be observed. Broom, Max. 918 ; 4 Co. 28 b ; 6 id. 67 ; 10 id. 139 ; 4 C. B. 48.
Consuetudo neque injuria oriri, neque tolli protest. A custom can neither arise, nor be abolished, by a wrong. Loift 340.
Consuetudo non habitur in consequentiam. Cus tom is not to be drawn into a precedent. 3 Keble 499.
Consuetudo prcescripta et legitima vincit legem. A prescriptive and lawful custom overrides the law. Co. Litt. 113.
Consuetudo regal Anglice est lex Anglice. The cus tom of the kingdom of England is the law of Eng land. Jenk. Cent. 119.
Consuetudo semel reprobate non potest amplius induct. A custom once disallowed cannot again be set up. Day. 33 ; Grounds & Rud. of Law 53.
Consuetudo vincit communem legem. Custom overrules common law. 1 Rop. H. & W. 351; Co. Litt. 33 b.
Consuetudo volentes ducit, Sex nolentes trahit. Custom leads the willing, law drags the unwilling. Jenk. Cent. 274.
Contemporanea expositio est optima et fortissimo in lege. A contemporaneous exposition is the best and most powerfill in the law. 2 Inst. 11 ; 3 Co. 7 ; Broom, Max. 682.