Quando vcrba et mens congruent, non est inter pretationi locus. When the words and the mind agree, there is no place for interpretation.
Quando verba statuti aunt specialia, ratio autem generalis, generalitcr statutum est intelligendum. When the words of a statute are special, but the reason or object of it general, the statute is to be construed generally. 10 Co. 101 b.
Quemadmodurn ad quwstionem facti non respon dent judices, its ad qucestionem juris non respon dent juratores. In the same manner that judges do not answer to questions of fact, so jurors do not answer to questions of law. Co. Litt. 295.
Qui accusat fntegrce farace sit et non ori,ottnoaus. Let him who accuses be of clear fame, and not criminal. 3 Inst. 26.
Qui acquirit sibi acquirit hceredibus. He who ac quires for himself acquires for his heirs. Trayner, Max. 496.
Qui adimit medium dirimit 3nem. He who takes away the means destroys the end. Co. Litt. 161. Qui aliquid statuerit parte inaudita altera, cequum licet-dimerit, baud cequum fecerit. He who decides anything, one party being unheard, though he should decide right, does wrong. 6 Co. 62; 4 Bla. Com. 483.
Q2,4% alterius jure utitur, eodem jure uti debet. He who uses the right of another ought to use the same right. Pothier, Tr. De Change, pt. 1, c. 4, § 114; Broom, Max. 473.
Qui bene distinguit, bone docet. He who 'dis tinguishes well,. teaches well.. 2 Inst. 470.
Qui bone interrogat, bone docet. He who ques tions well teaches well. 2 Bulstr. 227.
Qui cadit a syllaba cadit a tots cause. He who fails in a syllable fails in his whole cause. Bract. fol. 211; Stat. Wales; 12 Edw. I.; 3 Sharsw. Bla. Com. 407.
Qui concedit aliquid, concedere videtur et id sine quo concessio est irrita, sine quo res ipsa esse non potuit. He who grants anything is considered as granting that without which his grant would be idle, without which the thing itself could not exist. 11 Co. 52 ; Jenk. Cent. 32.
Qui conArmat niltil dat. He who confirms does not give. 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2069.
Qui contemnit prceceptum, contemnit prcecipien tem. He who contemns the precept contemns the party giving it. 12 Co. 96.
Qui cum alio contrahit, vel est vet debet esse non ignarue conditionis ejus. He• who contracts knows, or ought to know, the quality of the person with whom he contracts (otherwise he is not excusable). Dig. 50. 17. 19 ; Story, Conti. § 76.
Qui dat jinem, dat media ad finem necessaria.
He who gives an end gives the means to that end. 3 Mass. 129 Qui destruit medium, destruit /Um. He who de stroys the means destroys the end. 11 Co. 51 ; Shep. Touch. 342 ; Co. Litt. 1fi1 a.
Qui doit inheritor at pore, doit inheritor at fine.
He who ought to inherit from the father ought to inherit from the son. 2 Bla. Cora. 250, 273; Broom, Max. 517.
Qui evertit causam, evertit causatum futurum.
He who overthrows the cause overthrows its future effects. 10 Co. 61.
Qui ex damnato coitu nascuntur, inter liberoe non computentur. They who are born of an illicit union should not be counted among children. Co. Litt. 8. See Bract. 5; Broom, Max. 519.
Qui tacit id quod plus est, tacit id quod minus est, sod non convertitur. He who does that which is more does that which is less, but not vice versa. Bracton 207 b.
Qui tacit per alium tacit per ee. He who acts through another acts himself (i. e. the acts of an agent are the acts of the principal). Broom, Max. 218; 1 Sharsw. Bla. Corn. 429; Story, Ag. § 440 ; 7 M. & G. 32, 33 ; 16 M. & W. 26 ; 8 Scott N. R. 590 ; 6 Cl. & F. 600 ; 9 id. 850 ; 10 Mass. 155 ; 11 Mete. (Mass.) 71; Bieh. Writ. L. § 93; Webb. Poll. Torts 89. See Co. Litt. 258 a.
Qui habet juiisdictionem absolvendi, habet juris dictionem ligandi. He who has jurisdiction to loosen has jurisdiction to bind. 12 Co. 59.
Qui hceref in litera, horst in cortice. He who ad heres to the letter adheres to the hark. Broom, Max. 685 ; Co. Litt. 289 ; 6 Co. 4 b; 11 id. 34 b; 12 East 372; 9 Pick. (Mass.) 317; 22 id. 557; 1 S. & R. (Pa.) 253; 33 N. (Minn.) 87.
Qui ignorat quantum solvers debeat, non potent improbus videre. He who does not know what he ought to pay does not want probity in not paying. Dig. 50. 17. 99.