- Ratio potest allegari deficiente lege, sed vera et legalis et non apparens
- Where the law is deficient, the reason can be alleged, but it must be true and lawful and not merely apparently so.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Ratio potest allegari deficiente lege, sed vera et legalis et non apparens
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