The safety of the people must be the supreme law. Also elliptical as salus populi suprema lex, salus populi. Similarly salus rei publicae.

‘Let the superior answer’; the principle that an employer can be held liable for certain wrongs committed by an employee during the course of his or…

The legal principle that points in litigation should be determined according to precedent. Also in extended use.

Agreements must be kept.

Law. Used with reference to the principle that accidental harm or damage caused to the plaintiff may be presumed to imply negligence on the part…

A principle of international law which cannot be set aside by agreement or acquiescence. So, in modern use, as laid down by the Vienna Convention…