Receditur a placitis juris

Receditur a placitis juris, potius quam injuriae et delicta maneantimpunita. Positive rules of law will be receded from, rather than crimesand wrongs should remain unpunished. Bacon's Max. Reg. 12. This appliesonly to such maxims as are called placita juris; these will be dispensedwith rather than crimes should go unpunished, quia salus populi supremalex, because the public safety is the supreme law.