LATIN QUOTES

Da mihi facta, dabo tibi ius – Give me the facts, I will give you law.

Verba volant scripta manent – Words fly away, writings remain (spoken words fly away, written words remain).

Ne bis in idem – not twice in the same [thing] (if the court has decided about certain legal matter between two parties, it will not repeat the proceeding about the same matter between same parties).

Audiatur et altera pars – hear the other side too (both parties in one court proceeding has to be heard).

Res iudicata – Judged thing

Experientia docet – Experience teaches

Corpus delicti – Body of the crime

Do ut des – I give that you may give. Nowadays this is the principle of the reciprocity between the states.

Ipso facto – By the fact itself

Ipso iure – By the law itself

Vincit omnia veritas – Truth conquers all

Veritatis una vis, una facies est – The truth is always of the same power and of the same appearance.

Mendacem memorem esse oportet – Liars should have good memories.

Humanitatis optima est certatio – The best competition is in humanities.

Vincit malos pertinax bonitas – Overcome Evil with persistent Good.

Fide, sed cui, vide – Trust, but be careful whom (you trust).

Patientia rara virtus – Patience is rare virtue.

Si patiens fueris, numquam tibi verba nocebunt turbatorque tuae nemo quietis erit – If you are patient, the word will never bother you and nothing can threaten your peace.

Felix, qui causam loguitur prudentis in aurem – Happy is who speaks his case in the ears of wisdom [man].

Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur – No one suffers punishment for mere its thoughts

Quis? Quid? Ubi? Quibus auxiliis? Cur? Quomodo? Quando?- Golden rules when collecting fact for the defense: Who? What? Where? By what means? Why? How? When?

Si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more, Si fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi. - If you are in Rome, live in the Roman way; if you are elsewhere, live as they do there.

Iustitia erga does religio, erga parentes pietas, creditis in rebus fides nominatur – Justice is called religion (belief) for the Gods, respects for the parents, fairness in business.

Iustitia est omnium et domina et regina virtutum – Justice is the mistress and queen of all the virtues.

Sine lege autem poena conscientia est – When there is no law, the punishment is conscience.

Nulla regula sine exceptione – There is no rules is without exceptions.

Dura lex, sed lex – The law is harsh bit it is the law.

Ignorantia legis nocet – Not knowing law is harmful.

Facta probantur, iura deducuntur – The facts prove, the law deducts.

Nemo plus iuris ad alium transfere potest quam ipse habet – No one can transfer more rights (to another) than he himself has.

Pluris est oculatis testis unus quam auriti decem – One eyewitness is better then ten who have heard.

In pari causa potior est causa possidentis – When the parties have equal claims, the possessor’s position is more compelling.

Actus, amissa forma legis, corrnit – The act which is not made in requested form in null.

Ius est ars boni et aequi – Law is the art of the good and the equitable.

Ne eat iudex petita partium – The judge may not decide more than it has been asked to.