Simplicitas est legibus amica. Simplicity¹ is favorable to the law. 4 Co. 8.

Sine possessione usucapio procedere non potest. There can be no prescription³ without possession.

Solemnitas juris sunt observandae. The solemnities of law are to be observed. Jenk. Cent. 13.

Solo cedit quod solo implantatur. What is planted in the soil belongs to the soil. inst. 2, 1, 29. See 1 Mackeld. civ. Law, §268; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1571.

Solo cedit quodquod solo implantatur. What is planted in the soil belongs o the soil. Inst. 2, 1, 32; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1572.

Solus Deus haeredem facit. God alone makes the heir.

Solutio pretii, emptiones loco habetur. The payment of the price stands in the place of a sale.

Spes est vigilantis somnium. Hope is the dream of the vigilant⁴. 4 Co. Inst. 203.

Spes impunitatis continuum affectum tribuit delinquendi. The hope of impunity⁵ holds out a continual temptation to crime. 3 Co. Inst. 236.

Spoliatus debet ante omnia restitui. Spoil ought to be restored before anything else. 2 Co. Inst. 714.

Spondet peritiam artis. He promises to use th skill of his art. Poth. Louage, n. 425; Jones, Bailm. 22, 53, 62, 97, 120; Domat, liv. 1, t. 4, s. 8, n. 1; 1 Story Bailm. §431; 1 Bell's Com. 459, 5th ed.; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 1004.

Stabit praesumptio donec probetur in contrarium. A presumption⁶ will stand good until the contrary is proved. Hob. 297.

Statuta pro² publico commodo late interpretantur. Statutes⁷ made for the public good ought to be liberally construed⁸. Jenk. Cent. 21.