PaenÉ ad paucos, metus ad omnes perveniat. A punishment inflicted¹ on a few, causes a dread² to all. 22 Vin. Ab. 550.

PaenÉ non potest, culpa perennis erit. Punishment may have an end, crime is perpetual. 21 Vin. Ab. 271.

PaenÉ ad paucos, metus ad omnes. Punishment to few, dread or fear to all.

Paenae potius molliendae quam exasperendae sunt. Punishments should rather be softened³ than aggravated⁴. 3 Co. Inst. 220.

Posito uno oppositorum negatur alterum. One of two opposite positions being affirmed, the other is denied. 3 Ro..l R. 422.

Possessio est quasi pedis positio. Possession is, as it were, the position of the foot. 3 Co. 42.

Possession of the termer, possession of the reversioner.

Possession is a good title, where no better title appears. 20 Vin. Ab. 278.

Possessor has right against all men but him who has the very right.

Possibility cannot be on a possibility.

Posteriora derogant prioribus. Posterior laws derogate⁵ former ones. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 90.

Potentia non est nisi ad bonum. Power is not conferred, but for the public good.

Potentia debet sequi justiciam, non antecedere. Power ought to follow, not to precede justice. 3 Buls. 199.

Potentia inutilis frustra est. Useless power is vain.

Potest quis renunciare pro⁶ se, et suis, juri quod pro se introductum est. A man may relinquish⁷, for himself and his heirs, a right which was introduced for his own benefit. See 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 83.

Potestas strictä interpretatur. Power should be strictly⁸ interpreted.

Postestas suprema seipsum dissolvare potest, ligare non potest. Supreme⁹ power can dissolve, but cannot bind¹⁰ itself.