Legal Maxim

Semper praesumitur pro legitimatione puerorum - Everything is presumed in favor of the legitimacy of children. Semper pro matriomonio praesumitur - It is always presumed in favor of marriage. Sententia interlocutoria revocari potest, definitiva non potest - An interlocutory order can be revoked, a final order cannot be. Servitia personalia sequuntur personam - Personal services follow the person. Sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas - So use your own as not to injure another s property. Simplex commendatio non obligat - A simple recommendation does not bind. Stare decisis - To stand by decisions (precedents). Testamenta latissimam interpretationem habere debent - Testaments ought to have the broadest interpretation. Traditio loqui chartam facit - Delivery makes a deed speak. Transit terra cum onere - The land passes with its burden. Ubi eadem ratio ibi idem jus, et de similibus idem est judicium - When there is the same reason, then the law is the same, and the same judgment should be rendered as to similar things. Ubi jus ibi remedium est - Where there is a right there is a remedy. Ubi non est principalis, non potest esse accessorius - Where there is no principal, there can be no accessory. Ubi nullum matrimonium, ibi nulla dos es - Where there is no marriage, there is no dower. Ultima voluntas testatoris est perimplenda secundum veram intentionem suam - The last will of a testator is to be fulfilled according to his true intentio. Source: Inrebus.com.