Necessitas in United Kingdom

Meaning of Necessitas (Latin Term)

The following is an old definition of Necessitas (latin term) [1]: Necessity. Necessitas putalica major est quam privata. Public necessity is greater than private. A private right or necessity must yield to the public good; as in the exercise of the powers of eminent do- main and taxation. Necessitas vincit legem. Necessity overcomes law, – is paramount to any rule of law. See Necessity. Trinoda neoessitas. A threefold necessity or burden. In England, anciently, when lands were granted free of services, they were still subject by implication, under a certain trinoda necessitas, to the expense of repairing bridges and forts, and of repelling invasions.

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1. Concept of Necessitas (latin term) provided by the Anderson Dictionary of Law (1889) (Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims and an Exposition of the Principles of Law: Comprising a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence; William C. Anderson; T. H. Flood and Company, Law Publishers, Chicago, United States)