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dum spiro spero: while I breathe, I hope: Cicero. Motto of the State of South Carolina. Motto of the Clan MacLennan. dum vita est, spes est: while there is life, there is hope: dum vivimus servimus: while we live, we serve: Motto of Presbyterian College. dum vivimus, vivamus: while we live, let us live [10] An encouragement to embrace life."
The sense of dum spiro spero can be found in the work of Greek poet Theocritus (3rd Century BC), who wrote: "While there's life there's hope, and only the dead have none." [2] That sentiment seems to have become common by the time of Roman statesman Cicero (106 – 43 BC), who wrote to Atticus: "As in the case of a sick man one says, 'While there is life there is hope' [dum anima est, spes ...
dum vita est, spes est: while there is life, there is hope: dum vivimus servimus: while we live, we serve: Motto of Presbyterian College. dum vivimus, vivamus: while we live, let us live [43] An encouragement to embrace life."
The other image on the seal depicts the Roman goddess Spes walking along a shore that is littered with weapons. The goddess grasps a branch of laurel as the sun rises behind her. Below her image is her name, Spes, Latin for 'hope', and over the image is the motto Dum spiro spero, meaning 'While I breathe, I hope'.
quod est (q.e.) which is: quod est necessarium est licitum: what is necessary is lawful: quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur: what is asserted without reason may be denied without reason: If no grounds have been given for an assertion, then there are no grounds needed to reject it. quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
A claim of "non est factum" means that the signature on the contract was signed by mistake, without knowledge of its meaning, but was not done so negligently. A successful plea would make the contract void ab initio. non est princeps super leges, sed leges supra principem: the prince is not above the laws, but the law is above the prince.
Legal term meaning "by the court", as in a per curiam decision: per definitionem: through the definition: Thus, "by definition" per diem (pd.) by day: Thus, "per day". A specific amount of money an organization allows an individual to spend per day, typically for travel expenses. per fas et nefas: through right or wrong: By fair means or foul ...
iucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum: pleasant is the memory of past troubles: Cicero, De finibus bonorum et malorum 2, 32, 105 iugulare mortuos: to cut the throat of corpses: From Gerhard Gerhards' (1466–1536) (better known as Erasmus) collection of annotated Adagia (1508). It can mean attacking the work or personality of deceased person.