Aqua cedit solo. The water yields or accompanies the soil. The grant of the soil or land carries the water.
Aqua curit et debet currere. Water runs and ought to run. 3 Rawle, 84, 88.
Aequitas agit in personam. Equity1 acts upon the person. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3733.
Aequilas sequitier legem. Equity follows the law. 1 Story, Eq. Jur. 64.; 3 Wooddes. Lect. 479, 482.
Aequum et bonum, est lex legum. What is good and equal, is the law of laws. Hob. 224.
Affirmati, non neganti incumbit probatio. The proof lies upon him who affirms, not on him who denies.
Aliud est celare, aliud tacere. To conceal2 is one thing, to be silent another.
Alternatica petitio non est audienda. An alternate petition is not to be heard. 5 Co. 40.
Animus3 ad se omne jus ducit. It isto the intention that all law applies.
Animus moninis est anima scripti. The intention of the party is the soul of the instrument. 3 Bulstr. 67.
Apices juris non sunt jura. Points of law are not laws. Co. Litt. 304; 3 Scott, N. P. R. 773.
Arbitrium est judicium. An award is a judgment4. Jenk Cent. 137.
Argumentum majori ad minus negative non valet; valet converso. An argument from the greater to the less is of no force negatively; conversely it is. Jenk. Cent. 281.
Argumentum pisione est fortissimum in jure. An argument arising from a pision is most powerful in law. 6 Co. 60.
Argumentum ab inconvenienti est validum in lege; quia lex non permittit aliquod inconveniens. An argument drawn6 from what is inconvenient5 is good in law, because the law will not permit any inconvenience. Co. Litt. 258.
Argumentum ab impossibili plurmum valet in lege. An argument deduced from authority great avails in law. Co. Litt. 92.
Argumentum ab authoritate est fortissimum in lege. An argument drawn from authority is the strongest in law. Co. Litt. 254.
Argumentum simili valet in lege. An argument drawn from a similar case, or analogy, avails in law. Co. Litt. 191.
