Ubi non est principalis, non potest esse accessorius
- Ubi non est principalis, non potest esse accessorius
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Where there is no principal, there can be no accessory.
Ubi nulla est conjectura quae ducat alio, verba intelligenda sunt ex proprietate non grammatica sed populari ex usu.
Where there is no inference which would lead to another conclusion, words are to be understood according to their proper sense, not in their grammatical signification, but according to their popular usage.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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