legal maxim
Let him who sins when drunk be punished when sober
legal maxim
Justice is better when it prevents rather than punishes with severity
legal maxim
Ignorance of the law must not prevent the losing attorney from collecting his fee
legal maxim
The trodden path is the safest
legal maxim
No cause of action arises from a bare promise
legal maxim
Every innovation occasions more harm and and derangement of order by its novelty, than benefit by its abstract utility
legal maxim
It is fraud to conceal fraud
legal maxim
The trodden path is the safest.