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2Equitas agit in pereonam. Equity acts upon the person. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3733.

2Equitas est correctio legis generaliter tato qua Porte deficit. Equity is the correction of law, when too general, in the part in "which it is defective. Plowd. 375 ; Bart. Max. 135.

lEquitas ignorant ice opitulatur, oscitantice non item. Equity assists Ignorance, but not careless ness.

ZEquitas non Tacit jus, sed juri auxiliatur. Equi ty does not make law, but assists law. Lofft 379. ZEquitas nunquam contravenit legem. Equity never contradicts the law.

2ff guitas sequitur tegem. Equity follows the law. 1 Story, Eq. Jur. § 64 ; 3 Woodd. Lect. 479, 482 ; Branch, Max. 8 ; 2 Bla. Com. 330 ; Gilb. 136 ; 2 Eden 316; 10 Mod. 3; 15 How. (U. S.) 299, 14 L. Ed. 696; 7 Alien (Mass.) 503; 5 Barb. (N. Y.) 277, 282.

2Equitas supervacua odit. Equity abhors super fluous things. Lofft 282.

2Equurn et bonum eet tea, legum. What is just and right is the law of laws. Hob. 224.

E stimatio proteriti delicti ex poetremo facto nunquam creecit. The estimation of a crime com mitted never increases from a subsequent fact. Ba con, Max. Reg. 8; Dig. 50, 17. 139.

Affectio tua nomen imponit operi tuo. Your mo tive gives a name to your act. Bract. 2 b, 101 b. Affect us punitur licet non sequatur effectue. The intention is punished although the consequence do not follow. 9 Co. 67 a ; see ATTEMPT.

Affinis rnei affinis non est rnihi affinis. A connec tion (i. e. by marriage) of my connection is not a connection of mine. Shelf. Marr. & D. 174.

Affirmanti, non neganti, incumbit probatio. The proof lies upon him who affirms, not on him who denies. See Phil'. Ev. 493.

Affirmantis eet pro bare. He who affirms must prove. 9 Cush. (Mass.) 535.

Agentee et consentientes pari pwna plectentur. Acting and consenting parties are liable to the same punishment. 6 Co. 80 a.

Aliena negotia exacto officio geiunter. The busi ness of another is to be conducted with particular attention. Jon. Bailin. 83.

Alienatio licet prohibeatur, conseneu tamen om nium in quorum favorem prohibita est potest fieri, et quilibet potest renunciare juri pro se introduc to. Although alienation be prohibited, yet, by the

consent of all in "whose favor it is prohibited, it may take place, for it is in the power of any man to renounce a right introduced for his own benefit. Co. Litt. 98; 9 N. Y. 291.

Alienatio rei prcefertur juri accrescendi. Aliena tion is favored by the law rather than accumula tion. Co. Litt. 185 a, 381 a, note ; Broom, Max. 442, 458 ; Wright, Ten. 164 ; 1 Cruise, Dig. 77 ; 11 yes. Jr. 112, 149 ; 10 L. T. N. a. 682.

Alienation pending a suit is void. 2 P. Wms. 482 ; 2 Atk. 174 ; 3 id. 392 ; 11 Ves. 194 ; 1 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 566, 580. See Lis PENDENS.

Aliquid conceditur ne injuria remaneat impunita, quod alias non concederetur. Something is con ceded lest a wrong should remain unpunished which otherwise would not be conceded. Co. Litt. 197. Aliquis non debet esse judex in propria causa, quia non potest esse judex et pars. A person ought not to be judge in his own cause, because he can not act both as judge and party. Co. Litt. 141 a; Broom, Max. 117 ; Littleton § 212 ; 13 Q. B. 327; 17 id. 1 ; 16 C. B. 769 ; 1 C. B. N. 5. 329. SEE JUDGE ; INCOMPETENCY.

Aliud est celare, aliud tacere. To conceal is one thing, to be silent another. 3 Burr. 1910. See 2 Wheat. (U. S.) 176, 6 L. Ed. 23; 9 Wheat. (U. S.) 631, 6 L. Ed. 174 ; 3 Bingh. 77 ; 4 Taunt. 851 ; 2 C. & P. 341; 18 Pick. (Mass.) 420 ; 22 id. 53 ; Broom, Max. 782 ; [1895] 2 Ch. 205.

Aliud est distinctio, aliud separatio. Distinction is one thing, separation another. Bacon's Case of Postnati of Scotland, Works iv. 351.

Aliud est possidere, aliud esse in possession. It is one thing to possess, it is another to be in pos session. Hob. 163 ; Bract. 206.

Aliud est vendere, aliud vendenti consentire. To sell is one thing, to give consent to him who sells another. Dig. 50. 17. 160.

Allegans contraria non eet audiendus. One mak ing contradictory allegations is not to be heard. Jenk. Cent. 16 ; Broom, Max. 169, 294 ; 4 Term. 211 ; 3 Exch. 446, 527, 678 ; 3 E. & B. 363 ; 6 C. B. 195, 886 ; 10 Mass. 163 ; 70 Pa. 274 ; 4 Inst. 279.

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