STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
LATIN MAXIMS
FINALS
AEQUITAS NUNQUAM CONTRAVENIT LETIS
STRICTISSIMI JURIS
LEX PROSPICIT, NON RESPICIT
LEX DE FUTURO, JUDEX DE PRATERIO
ABSOLUTE SENTENCIA EXPOSITORE NON
INDIGET
OPTIMA STATUTI INTERPRETATIX EST INSUM
STATUTUM
RATIO LEGIS EST ANIMA
RATIO LEGIS
CESSANTE RATIONE CESAT IPSA LEX
EXPRESIO UNIOS EST EXCLUSIO ALTERIUS
GENERALIA SPECIALIBUS NON DEROGANT
DURA LEX SED LEX
COGITATIONIS POENAM NEMO EMERET
ACTUS NON FACIT REUM NISI MENS SIT REA
ACTUS ME INVITO FACTUS NON EST MEUS
ACTUS
IGNORANTIA LEGIS NEMINEM EXCUSAT
IGNORANTIA FACTO EXCUSAT
UBI LEX NON DISTINGUIT NEC NOS
DISTIGUERE DEBEMOS
MENS LEGISLATORES
REDDENDO SINGULA SINGULIS
CASSUS OMISSUS PRO OMISSO HABBENDUS
EST
NOSCITUR A SOCIIS
EJUSDEM GENERIS
15 OCT 2019
Equity cannot prevail over law
Strict interpretation
The law looks forward, not backward
The law provides for the future, the judge for
the past
When the language of the law is clear, no
explanation of it is required
The best interpreter of the statute is the
statute itself
The reason of the law is its soul
Interpretation according to spirit
When the reason for the law ceases, the law
ceases also to exist
Express mention is implied exclusion
What is not included in those enumerated
are deemed excluded
A general law does not nullify a specific or
special law
The law may be harsh but it is the law
No man may be punished for his thought
The act itself does not make a man guilty
unless his intention were so.
An act done by me against my will is not my
act
Ignorance of the law excuses no one
Ignorance or mistake in point of fact is an
excuse
Where the law does not distinguish, we
should not distinguish
The intention of the lawmakers
Referring each to each
A case omitted is to be held as intentionally
omitted.
When word/phrase is ambiguous, its true
meaning may be clear by considering the
company in which it is associated
Of the same kind or nature
ALABAN, J.