Misera est servitus ubi jus est aut vagum aut incognitum. 2nd. because an exposition of the law, publicly made, and repeatedly confirmed by the constituted authority, carries with it, by fair inference, the sanction of those who, having made the law through their legislative organ, appear, under such circumstances, to have determined its meaning through their judiciary organ. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Illane parva est servitus amatorum singulis fere horis pectine capillum, calimistroque barbam componere, faciem aquis redolentibus diluere, &c. 5424. ❋ Unknown (2007)
* Idololatria est circa omne idolum famulatus et servitus: [5690] 1 ❋ 1616-1683 (1968)
"Idololatria est circa omne idolum famulatus et servitus," Tertul. de Pol. ❋ 1616-1683 (1968)
Quibus quasi ansulis sibimet innexis, unde catenam appellavi, tenebat me obstrictum dura servitus. ❋ 1616-1683 (1967)
Si di immortales id voluerunt, vos hanc aerumnam exsequi, decet id pati animo aequo: si id facietis, levior labos erit. domi fuistis, credo, liberi: nunc servitus si evenit, ei vos morigerari mos bonust et erili imperio eamque ingeniis vostris lenem reddere. indigna digna habenda sunt, erus quae facit. ❋ Titus Maccius Plautus (1919)
Proxumum quod sit bono quodque a malo longissume, id volo; quamquam non multum fuit molesta servitus, nec mihi secus erat quam si essem familiaris filius. ❋ Titus Maccius Plautus (1919)
(Greek doulia; Lat. servitus), a theological term signifying the honour paid to the saints, while latria means worship given to God alone, and hyperdulia the veneration offered to the Blessed Virgin ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Christiana, quod non sit necessaria servitus legis ad justificationem; sicut in Galatis scriptum est (v. 1): 'Nolite iterum jugo servitutis subjici.' ❋ Unknown (1889)
Edward Coke [50] will inform us that it is one of the genuine marks of servitude, to have the law, which is our rule of action, either concealed or precarious; "_misera est servitus ubi jus est vagum aut incognitum_." ❋ Various (1887)
Will it not be said, that jus est aut incognitum aut vagum? and will not the consequence be drawn, misera est servitus [420]? ❋ Boswell, James, 1740-1795 (1887)
To this case may be justly applied that important principle, misera est servitus ubi jus est aut incognitum aut vagum. ❋ Boswell, James, 1740-1795 (1887)
Ambition sufficiently plagues her proselytes, by keeping them always in show, like the statue of a public square: "Magna servitus est magna fortuna." ❋ Various (1885)
While acting in the most creative way they feel entirely passive: the _homo tantum et audacia_ which may with perfect justice be applied to such men as Elijah, Amos, and Isaiah, is with them equivalent to _deus tantum et servitus_. ❋ Julius Wellhausen (1881)
[Footnote 493: 'Ut in foro competenti ea quae in his causis reverenda legum dictat Antiquitas solenniter actitentur.'] [Footnote 494: 'Ita ut in alienandis rusticis vel urbanis praediis constitutionum servitus auctoritas.'] 42. ❋ Senator Cassiodorus (1872)
To this case may be justly applied that important principle, _misera est servitus ubi jus est aut incognitum aut vagum_. ❋ James Boswell (1767)
To this case may be justly applied that important principle, "misera est servitus ubi jus est aut incognitum aut vagum." ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)
'The modern family contains in germ not only slavery (servitus), but also serfdom, since from the beginning it is related to agricultural services. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Camero, speaking of the servitude which is opposed to Christian liberty, saith, (84) that it is either _animi servitus_, or _corporis servitus_. ❋ George Gillespie (1630)
It is true that he does allow it to be consistent with natural law if it is imposed by positive law as punishment for crimes, and if it does not violate the slave's rights to food, sleep, marriage (or celibacy), raising of their children, and religious worship (and anything else that pertains to natural law); but it's worth remembering that when we make prisoners do community service we are imposing slavery (servitus) in Aquinas's sense (i.e., forfeiture of the free disposal of one's person as a punishment for a crime or by contract -- Aquinas's term includes hired domestic service). ❋ Unknown (2006)
