- Cui licet quod majus non debet quod minus est non licere
- One who has a greater power ought not to be denied a less one. See Broom's Legal Maxims 176.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Cui licet quod majus non debet quod minus est non licere
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