Latin: the welfare of an individual yields
to that of the community.
Also known as salus populi suprema lex, as it is rendered by Broom
who defines the maxim as:
"The good of the individual ought to
yield to that of the community....
"This phrase is based on the implied
agreement of every member of society that his own individual welfare shall, in
cases of necessity, yield to that of the community; and that his property,
liberty and life shall, under certain circumstances, be placed in jeopardy or
even sacrificed for the public good"
Translated literally: The health, safety or welfare of
the public is the supreme law.
Cicero used this phrase in his publication de Legibus.
Francis Bacon wrote of salus populi est supreme lex:
"Judges ought above
all to remember salus populi est supreme lex ...
and to know that laws, except they be in order to that end, are but things
captious and oracles not well inspired."
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