- Quando lex est specialis, ratio autem generalis, generaliter lex est intelligenda
- When a law is special, but the reason for it is general, the law is to be understood in a general sense.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Quando lex est specialis, ratio autem generalis, generaliter lex est intelligenda
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