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Fiat Justitia is the motto of Britain's Royal Air Force Police as well as the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Fiat Justitia also appears as the motto of Nuffield College, Oxford, and the Sri Lanka law college, and is also found in the Holy Bible on the crest of St. Sylvester's College, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus is a Latin phrase, meaning "Let justice be done, and the world perish". [1] This sentence was the motto of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1556–1564), [2] who used it as his slogan, and it became an important rule to control the nation. [3] It probably originated from Johannes Jacobus Manlius's book Loci ...
However, the phrase Fiat justitia ruat caelum does not appear in De Ira; [8] and, in fact, Seneca used the story as an example of anger leading people to ignore right and do wrong, as Piso's decisions trampled on several legal principles, particularly that of Corpus delicti, which states that a person cannot be convicted of a crime unless it ...
fiat justitia ruat caelum: let justice be done, even if the sky should fall: attributed to Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus: fiat lux: let there be light: from the Genesis, "dixitque Deus fiat lux et facta est lux" ("and God said: 'Let there be light', and there was light."); frequently used as the motto of schools. fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum
Motto of the fictional Fowl Family in the Artemis Fowl series, written by Eoin Colfer: auspicium melioris aevi: hope/token of a better age: Motto of the Order of St Michael and St George and of Raffles Institution in Singapore: Austriae est imperare orbi universo (A.E.I.O.U.) Austria is to rule the whole world
Motto of Christchurch Girls' High School, New Zealand. sapientia et virtus: wisdom and virtue: Motto of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. sapientia ianua vitae: wisdom is the gateway to life: Motto of the Wirral Grammar School for Boys, Bebington, England. sapientia melior auro: wisdom is better than gold
Liberty even when it comes late; motto of Minas Gerais, Brazil Libertas Securitas Justitia: Liberty Security Justice: Motto of the Frontex: libra (lb) balance; scales: Its abbreviation lb is used as a unit of weight, the pound. lignum crucis arbor scientiae: The wood of the cross is the tree of knowledge: School motto of Denstone College ...
The de iure motto of Harvard University, United States, which dates to its foundation; it is often shortened to veritas to remove its original religious meaning. veritas cum libertate: truth with liberty: Motto of Winthrop University: veritas curat: truth cures: Motto of Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research ...