EXCEPTIO PROBAT REGULAM DE REBUS NON EXCEPTIS
\ɛksˈɛptɪˌə͡ʊ pɹˈə͡ʊbat ɹˈɛɡjuːlˌam də ɹɪbjˈuːz nˈɒn ɛksˈɛptiz], \ɛksˈɛptɪˌəʊ pɹˈəʊbat ɹˈɛɡjuːlˌam də ɹɪbjˈuːz nˈɒn ɛksˈɛptiz], \ɛ_k_s_ˈɛ_p_t_ɪ__ˌəʊ p_ɹ_ˈəʊ_b_a_t ɹ_ˈɛ_ɡ_j_uː_l_ˌa_m d_ə ɹ_ɪ_b_j_ˈuː_z n_ˈɒ_n ɛ_k_s_ˈɛ_p_t_i_z]\
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[L.] A special exception to a rule proves it (to hold) concerning things not (specially) excepted. A legal maxim, of which the first three words are often misapplied as meaning "the fact of there being an exception proves the existence of a rule," or "an exception is essential to every rule."
By Henry Percy Smith
Nearby Words
- except
- except, excepting
- exceptant
- excepted
- excepting
- Exceptio probat regulam de rebus non exceptis
- exception
- exception handler
- exceptionabie
- exceptionable
- exceptionableness