Quad ab initio non valet, in tractu temporis non convalescet. What is not good in the beginning can not be rendered good by time. Merlin, Rep. verb. Regle de Droit. (This, though true in general, is not universally eo.) 4 Co. 26 ; Broom, Max. 178; 5 Pick. (Mass.) 27.
Quod ad jus naturale attinet, omnes homines cequales aunt. All men are equal as far as the nat ural law is concerned. Dig. 50. 17. 32.
Quod cedificatur in arca legata cedit legato. Whatever is. built upon land given by will passes with the gift of the land. Amos & F. Fixtures 246; Broom, Max. 424.
Quod alias bonum et justum est, si per vim vel fraudem petatur, malum et injustum efficitur. What is otherwise good and just, if sought by force or fraud, becomes bad and unjust. 3 Co. 78.
Quod alias non fait licitum necessitas licitum Tacit. Necessity makes that lawful which otherwise were unlawful. Fleta, 1. 5, c. 23, § 14.
Quod approbo non reprobo. What I approve I do not disapprove. Broom, Max. 712.
Quad attinet ad jus civile, servi pro nullis haben tur, non tamen et jure naturali, quia, quod ad jus naturale attinet, omnes homines cequali aunt. So far as the civil law is concerned, slaves are not reckoned as persons, hut not so by natural law, for so far as regards natural law all men are equal. Dig. 60. 17. 32.
Quod constat Blare, non debet verificari. What is clearly apparent need not be proved. 10 Mod. 150. Quod constat curite opere testium non indiget. What appears to the court needs not the help of witnesses. 2 Inst. 662.
Quod contra juris rationem receptum est, non est prodUcendum ad consequentias. What has been admitted against the reason of the law, ought not to be drawn into precedents. Dig. 50. 17. 141; 12 Co. 76.
Quod contra legem fit, pro infecto habetur. What is dons contrary to the law, is considered as not done. 4 Co. 31. (No one can derive any advantage from such an act.) Quod datum eat ecclesice, datum est Deo. What is given to the church is given to God. 2 Inst. 590. Quad demonstrandi causa additur rei satis de monstratce, frustra fit. What is added to a thing sufficiently palpable, for the purpose of demon stration, is vain. 10 Co. 113.
Quod dubitas, ne fecenis. When you doubt about a thing, do not do it. 1 Hale, P. C. 310 ; Broom, Max. 328, n.
Quod enim semel aut bis existit, prcetereunt lsgiS latores. That which never happens but once or twice, legislators pass by. Dig. 1. 3. 17.
Quod est ex necessitate nunquam introducitur, nisi quando necessarium. What is introduced of neces sity, is never introduced except when necessary. 2 Rolle 612.
Quod est inconveniens, aut contra rationem non pernvissum est in lege. What is inconvenient or contrary to reason, is not allowed in Co. Litt. 178.
Quod est necessarium est licitum. What is neces sary is lawful. Jenk. Cent. 76.
Quod fie* debet facile prcesumitur. That is easily presumed which ought to be done. Halkers. Max. 163 ; Broom, Max. 182, 297.
Quod fleri non debet, factum valet. What ought not to be done, when done, is valid. 6 Co. 38 ; 12 Mod. 438 ; 6 M. & W. 58; 9 id. 636.
Quod in jure scripto "jus" appellatur, id in lege Anglia: "rectum" ease dicitur. What in the civil law is called "jus," in the law of England is said to be "rectum" (right). Co. Litt. 260 ; Fleta, 1. 6, c. 1, 1.
Quod in minori valet, valebit in majori; et quod in inajori non valet, nec valebit in minori. What avails in the less, will avail in the greater ; and what will not avail in the greater, will not avail in the less. Co. Litt. 260.
Quod in uno similium valet, valebit in altero. What avails in one of two similar things, will avail in the other. Co. Litt. 191.
Quod inconsulto feciinus, consultius revocemus. What is done without consideration or reflection, upon better consideration we should revoke or undo. Jenk. Cent. 116.
Quod initio non valet, tractu temporis non valet. A thing void in the beginning does not become valid by lapse of time.
Quod initio vitiosum est non potest tractu tent penis convalescere. Time cannot render valid an act void in Its origin. Dig. 50. 17. 29 ; Broom. Max. 178.
Quod ipsis, qui contraxerunt, obstat, et successori bus eorum obstabit. That which bars those who have contracted will bar their successors also, Dig. 50. 17. 103.