- potentia debet sequi justitiam, non antecedere
- /patensh(iy)a debat sekway jastish(iy)am, non aentasiydariy/ Power ought to follow justice, not go before it.
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
potentia debet sequi justitiam, non antecedere
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Potentia debet sequi justitiam, non antecedere — Power ought to follow justice, it ought not to precede it. Potentia est duplex, remota et propinqua; et potentia remotissima et vana est quae nunquam venit in actum. Possibility is double, remote and near; that which never comes into action is a… … Ballentine's law dictionary
