Salus Populi Suprema Lex

Salus Populi Suprema Lex. Salus populi suprema lex in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words Phrases and Maxims The welfare of the people is the highest law Note This legal definition of Salus populi suprema lex in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.

Definition of salus populi suprema lex esto let the welfare of the people be the supreme law —motto of Missouri.

Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto FAITH XLVII

OverviewUsesSee alsoSalus populi suprema lex esto (Latin “The health (welfare good salvation felicity) of the people should be the supreme law” “Let the good (or safety) of the people be the supreme (or highest) law” or “The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law”) is a maxim or principle found in Cicero’s De Legibus (book III part III sub VIII) Text under.

Great Seal of Missouri Wikipedia

The official state motto is Latin “Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto” which means “Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law” The principle behind this was “salus populi suprema lex esto” ie that the safety of and unity of the church superseded any legal considerations.

Definition of SALUS POPULI EST SUPREMA LEX Law

Salus populi suprema lex shew’d in the behaviour of British parliaments towards parricides etc or Reasons for inflicting the highest punishments on the authors of our present calamities This edition was published in 1721 by Printed for J Roberts near the OxfordArms in WarwickLane in London .