LEGAL TERM


LEX INTENDIT VICINUM VICINI FACTA SCIRE
“The law intends (or presumes) that one neighbour knows what another neigbour does”
AFFIRMATI, NON NEGANTI ICUMBIT PROBATIO
“The proof lies upon him who affirms, not on him who denies”
COMMUNE VINCULUM
“In old English law, a common or mutual bond”
CAPITE MINUTUS
“In the civil law, one who had suffered capitis diminution, one who lost status or legal attributes”
LEVITICAL DEGREES
“Degrees of kindred within which persons are prohibited to marry. They are set forth in the eighteenth chapter of Leviticus”