Debitor non prcesumitur donare. A debtor is not presumed to make a gift. See 1 Karnes, Eq. 212 ; Dig. 60. 16. 108; 1 P. WIGS. 239; Wh. & Tud. L. Cas. Eq. 378 ; see PAYMENT.
Debitorum pactionibus, creditorum petitio nec tolli nec minui potest. The right of creditors to sue cannot be taken away or lessened by the contradts of their debtors. Bart. Max. 115 ; Pothier, Obl. 108 ; Broom, Max. 697.
Debitum et contractus sent nullius loci. Debt and contract are of no particular place. 7 Co. 61; 7 M. & G. 1019, n.
Deceptis non decipientibus, jure subveniunt. The laws help persons who are deceived, not those de ceiving. Trayner, Max. 149.
Decipi quern fallere est tutius. It is safer to be deceived than to deceive. Lofft 396.
Deficiente uno sanguine, non potest ease hceres. One blood being wanted, one cannot be heir. 3 Co. 41.
Delegate potestas non potest delegari. A dele gated authority cannot be delegated. Broom, Max. 839; 2 inst. 597 ; 5 Bingh. N. c. 310 ; Story, Ag. § 13; 11 How. (U. S.) 233, 13 L. Ed. 676; 15 Gray (Mass.) 403. See DELEGATION. This is said to be an extension of a judiee judex delegates judicis dandi potestatem non habet, which, in that form, applied to officers whose duties were judicial, but in the English law the maxim has been applied to agency. See 20 L. Mag. & Rev. 293.
• Delegates non potest delegare. A delegate (or deputy) cannot appoint another. Story, Ag. § 13 ; Broom, Max. 840, 842 ; 9 Co. 77; 2 Scott N. R. 509 ; 12 M. & W. 712 ; 6 Exch. 156 ; 8 C. B. 627.
Delicatus debitor est odiesus in lege. A deli cate debtor is hateful in the law. 2 Bulstr. 148.
Delinquens per iram provocatus puniri debet mitiya. A delinquent provoked by auger ought to be punished more mildly. 3 Inst. 65.
Derivativa potestas non potest ease major primi tive. The power which is derived cannot be greater than that from which it is derived. Wing. Max. 36 ; Finch. Law, b. 1, c. 3, p. 11.
Designatio unfits est exclusio alteries, et expres sum tacit cessare taciturn. The appointment or des ignation of one is the exclusion of the other ; and that which is expressed prevails over that which is implied. Co. Litt. 210.
Deus soles hceredern Nacre potest, non home. God alone, and not man, can make an heir. Co. Litt.
b ; cited 5 B. & C. 440, 454 ; Broom, Max. 616. Dies dominicua non est juridicus. Sunday is not a judicial day. Co. Litt. 135 a ; 2 Saund. 291 ; Broom, Max. 21 ; Finch, Law 7 ; Noy, Max. 2 ; Plowd. 266 ; 3 D. & L. 328 ; 13 Mass. 327 ; 17 Pick. (Mass.) 109. See Surcnay.
Dies inceptus pro completo habetur. A day begun is held as complete.
Dies incertus pro conclitione habeter. A day un certain is held as a condition. Bell, Dict. Conti vutation of Time.
Dilationes in lege sent odiosce. Delays in law are odious. Branch, Princ.
Discretio eat diseernere per legern quid sit justum. Discretion is to discern through law what is just. 5 Co. 99. 100; 10 id. 140 ; Broom, Max. 84, n. ; Inst. 41 ; 1 W. Bla. 152 ; 1 Burr. 570 ; 2 id. 25 ; 3 Bulstr. 128; 8 Q. B. 700 ; 5 Gray (Mass.) 204. See DISCRE TION Discretio est seine per legem quid sit juatum. Discretion consists in knowing what is just in law. 4 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 352, 356.
Disparate non debent jungi. Dissimilar things ought not to be joined. Jenk. Cent. 24. Diapensatio est vulnus, quod vulnerat jus com mune. A dispensation is a wound, because it wounds a common right. Day. 69; Branch, Princ. Disseisinam satisfacit, qui uti non permittit pos sessorern, eel minus commode, Beet omnino non. expellat. He makes disseisin who does not permit the possessor to enjoy, or makes his enjoyment less useful, although he does not expel him altogether. Co. Litt. 331; Bract. lib. 4, tr. 2.
Dissinzilium dissimilis est ratio. Of dissimilars the rule is dissimilar. Co. Litt. 191 a. Dissimulatione tollitur injuria. Injury is wiped out by reconciliation. Erskine, Inst. b. 4, tit. 4, § 108.
Distinguenda sent tempera ; aliud est facere, ailed perfleere. Times must he distinguished ; it is one thing to do a thing, another to complete it. 3 Leon. 243 ; Branch, Princ. See 1 Co. 16 a ; 2 Pick. (Mass.) 327.
Distinguenda sunt tempora; distingue tanzpora, et concordobis leges. Times are to be distinguish ed ; distinguish time, and you will harmonize 1 Co. 24.