In old English practice. Distinctly and openly. Formal wordsin writs of error, referring to the return required to be made to them. Reg. Orig. 17.Distingucnda sunt tempora. The time is to be considered. 1 Coke, 10a; BIoss v.Tobey, 2 Pick. (Mass.) 327; Owens v. Missionary Society, 14 N. Y. 3S0, 393, 67 Am. Dec. 160.Distinguenda sunt tempora; aliud est facere, aliud periicere. Times must bedistinguished; it is one thing to do, another to perfect. 3 Leon. 243; Branch, Princ.Distinguenda sunt tempora; distingue tempora et concordabis leges. Tillies are to bedistinguished; distinguish times, and you will harmonize laws. 1 Coke. 24. A maximapplied to the construction of statutes.
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