- poena suos tenere debet actores et non alios
- /piyna s(y)uwows taniriy debat aektoriyz et non aeliyows/ Punishment ought to bind the guilty, and not others
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
poena suos tenere debet actores et non alios
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Poena suos tenere debet actores et non alios — The punishment ought to belong to the actual perpetrators and not to others … Ballentine's law dictionary
punishment — pun·ish·ment n 1: the act of punishing 2: a penalty (as a fine or imprisonment) inflicted on an offender through the judicial and esp. criminal process see also cruel and unusual punishment Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster … Law dictionary
guilt — n [Old English gylt delinquency]: the fact of having committed an offense esp. against the law not enough evidence to establish guilt compare innocence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
