Legal Maxim's

Leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant
— Subsequent laws repeal prior conflicting ones.
Legibus sumptis desinentibus legibus naturae utendum est
— When laws imposed by the State fail, we must use the laws of nature.
Lex aliquando sequitur aequitatem
— The law sometimes follows equity.
Lex citius tolerare vult privatum damnum quam publicum malum
— The law would rather tolerate a private injury than a public evil.
Lex dabit remedium
— The law will give a remedy.
Lex dilationes abhorret
— The law abhors delays.
Lex est judicum tutissimus ductor
— The law is the safest guide for judges.
Lex est sanctio sancta jubens honesta et prohibens contraria
— The law is a sacred sanction, commanding what is right and prohibiting the contrary.
Lex indendit vicinum vicini facta scire
— The law presumes that one neighbor knows the acts of another.
Lex necessitatis est lex temporis i.e. instantis
— The law of necessity is the law of time, that is time present.
Lex neminem cogit ad vana seu impossiblia
— The law compels no one to do vain or impossible things.
Lex nil frustra facit
— The law does nothing in vain.
Lex non a rege est violanda
— The law must not be violated even by the King.
Lex non deficere potest in justitia exhibenda
— The law cannot fail in dispensing justice.
Lex non favet delicatorum votis
— The law does not favor the wishes of the dainty.
Lex non novit patrem, nec matrem; solam veritatem
— The law does not know neither father nor mother, only the truth.
Lex non oritur ex injuria
— The law does not arise from a mere injury.
Lex non requirit verificari quod apparet curiae
— The law does not require that to be proved which is apparent to the Court.
Lex plus laudatur quando ratione probatur
— The law is the more praised when it is supported by reason.
Lex punit mendaciam
— The law punishes falsehood.
Lex rejicit superflua, pugnatia, incongrua
— The law rejects superfluous, contradictory and incongruous things.
Lex spectat naturae ordinem
— The law regards the order of nature.
Lex succurrit ignoranti
— The law succors the ignorant.
Lex tutissima cassis, sub clypeo legis nemo decipitur
— Law is the safest helmet; under the shield of the law no one is deceived.
Lex uno ore omnes alloquitur
— The law speaks to all through one mouth.
Longa possessio est pacis jus
— Long possession is the law of peace.
Longa possessio parit jus possidendi et tollit actionem vero domino
— Long possession produces the right of possession and takes away from the true owner his action.