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* [http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_INDEX.HTM 1983 Code of Canon Law.] | |||
== Interpret strict laws strictly == | |||
"When a law is created that seeks to establish a ''penalty'' or ''restrict the free exercise of rights'' or makes mention of an ''exception to the law,'' it must be interpreted strictly."<ref>Kevin E. McKenna, A Concise Guide to Canon Law: A Practical Handbook for Pastoral Ministers (Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press, 2000), 24.</ref> | "When a law is created that seeks to establish a ''penalty'' or ''restrict the free exercise of rights'' or makes mention of an ''exception to the law,'' it must be interpreted strictly."<ref>Kevin E. McKenna, A Concise Guide to Canon Law: A Practical Handbook for Pastoral Ministers (Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press, 2000), 24.</ref> | ||
== In dubiis libertas == | |||
'''"In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas."''' | |||
; Canon 14 | |||
: "Laws, even invalidating and disqualifying ones, do not oblige when there is a doubt about the law." | |||
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Revision as of 18:52, 27 April 2011
Interpret strict laws strictly
"When a law is created that seeks to establish a penalty or restrict the free exercise of rights or makes mention of an exception to the law, it must be interpreted strictly."[1]
In dubiis libertas
"In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas."
- Canon 14
- "Laws, even invalidating and disqualifying ones, do not oblige when there is a doubt about the law."
References
- ↑ Kevin E. McKenna, A Concise Guide to Canon Law: A Practical Handbook for Pastoral Ministers (Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press, 2000), 24.