- Vani timoris justa excusatio non est
- An idle fear is not a lawful excuse. Williams v Kansas City Southern Railway Co. 257 Mo 87, 165 SW 788.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Vani timoris justa excusatio non est
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