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example of petition for removal of nonage with maxims of law:

(qui non obstat quod obstare potest facere videtur) he who does not prevent what he can, seems to commit the thing;

(Longa possessio est pacis jus) long possession is the law of peace;

(Longa possessio parit jus possidendi, et tollit actionem vero domino) long possession produces the right of possession, and takes away from the true owner his action;

(Quae praeter consuetudinem et morem majorum fiunt, neque placent, necque recta videntur) what is done contrary to the custom of our ancestors, neither pleases nor appears right;

(nemo ex alterius facto praegravari debet) no man ought to be burdened in consequence of another's act;

(Quando duo juro concurrunt in und person, aequum est ac si essent in diversis) when two rights concur in one person, it is the same as if they were in two separate persons;

(Disparata non debent jungi) unequal things ought not to be joined;

(Executio juris non habet noxa) the execution of the law causes no harm;