STRATION - The Law Mind Legal Dictionary

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Definition

Stration does not appear as a standalone legal term in the established common law or civil law lexicon. The source material provided under this heading contains no entry for "stration" itself; instead, the Bouvier's material supplied consists of two Latin maxims — *Falsa orthographia sive falsa grammatica non vitiat concessionem* and *Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus* — neither of which defines or employs "stration" as a term of art.

The most probable explanation is that "stration" is either: (1) a fragmentary form of a longer legal term, most likely **prostration**, **sequestration**, **administration**, **registration**, or **sequestration**, truncated by a transcription or optical character recognition error in the source corpus; or (2) an archaic, highly localized, or variant spelling that has not survived into the standard reference literature.

No independent legal definition for "stration" as a discrete term can be responsibly supplied on the available evidence.

Common Confusion

STRATION should not be confused with any of the terms it may partially represent. Researchers should identify the complete term before drawing doctrinal conclusions. The most commonly truncated candidates — ADMINISTRATION, SEQUESTRATION, and REGISTRATION — carry distinct and well-developed bodies of law that cannot be assumed from a fragment.

Why It Matters in Research

This entry exists as a flag, not a definition. Researchers encountering "stration" in historical legal documents, digitized court records, or transcribed pleadings should treat it as a probable transcription artifact before assuming it carries independent legal meaning.

The Bouvier's material associated with this entry in the source data is significant in its own right, however. The maxim *Falsa orthographia sive falsa grammatica non vitiat concessionem* — false spelling or false grammar does not vitiate a grant — is directly applicable to the research problem this entry represents. Courts historically applied this principle broadly: errors of spelling in instruments, grants, pleadings, and writs did not automatically void the document if the intent was clear. A researcher who encounters "stration" in a historical instrument should consider whether the maxim applies: the underlying grant or instrument may remain valid despite the orthographic error that produced the term.

The second maxim supplied, *Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus*, addresses witness credibility — that a witness found false in one particular may be disregarded entirely — and has no apparent connection to the term "stration." Its presence in the associated source data reinforces the likelihood of a corpus indexing or OCR error rather than any substantive legal relationship.

If you are tracing this term through the Law Mind corpus, recommended search strategies include: (1) searching for the root with common prefixes (*ad-stration*, *pro-stration*, *se-questration*); (2) examining the surrounding document for context that identifies the legal procedure involved; and (3) consulting the manuscript or original printed source rather than a digitized derivative where orthographic corruption is most likely to have occurred.

Historical Dictionary Support

Bouvier's Law Dictionary does not contain an entry for "stration." The material indexed under this term in the source data consists entirely of the two Latin maxims noted above, without any bridge text connecting them to a term called "stration." This gap is itself informative: Bouvier's is comprehensive for its era, and the absence of any entry suggests the term either did not circulate widely enough to earn independent treatment or is the product of a later transcription failure.

Black's Law Dictionary and Tomlin's Law Dictionary likewise contain no entry under this spelling. The absence across multiple reference works is strong evidence against "stration" having been a recognized term of art in English legal practice.

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Bouvier's Law Dictionary • 1928

Falsa orthographia sive falsa grammatica non vitiat concessionem. False spelling or false gram- mar does not vitiate a grant. Bart. Max. 164; 9 Co. 48; Shep. Touch. 55. Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus. False in one thing, false in everything. 1 Sunn. 356; 7 Wheat. 338; 97 Mass. 406; 8 Wis. 645; 2 Jones N. C. 257; 48 Neb. 553; 153 N. Y. 10; 20 Misc. Rep. 300; 89 Wis. 195; 93 Ga. 488; 88 Wis. 402. Fama, fides, et oculus non patiuntur ludum. Fame, plighted faith, and eyesight do not endure deceit. 3 Bulstr. 226. Fatetur facinus qui judicium fugit. He who flees judgment confesses his guilt: 3 Inst. 14; 5 Co. 109 b. But see Best, Pres. § 248. See FLIGHT. Futuus præsumitur qui in proprio nomine errat. A man is presumed to be simple who makes a mis- take in his own name.. Code 6.24. 14; 5 Johns. Ch. 148, 161. Favorabilia in lege sunt fiscus, dos, vita, libertas. The treasury, dower, life, and liberty are things favored in law. Jenk. Cent. 94. Favorabiliores rei potius quam actores habentur. Defendants are rather to be favored than plain- tiffs. Dig. 50. 17. 125. See 8 Wheat. 105, 196; Broom, Max. 715. Favorabiliores sunt executiones aliis processibus quibuscunque. Executions are preferred to all other processes whatever. Co. Litt. 289 b. Favores ampliandi sunt odia restringenda. Favorable inclinations are to be enlarged; animosi- ties restrained. Jenk. Cent. 186. Felonia, ex vi termini, significat quodlibet capi- tale crimen felleo animo perpetratum. Felony, by force of the term, signifies some capital crime per- petrated with a malignant mind. Co. Litt. 391. Felonia implicatur in quolibet proditione. Felony is implied in every treason. 8 Inst. 15. Feodum est quod quis tenet ex quacunque causa, sive sit tenementum sive redditus. A fee is that which any one holds from whatever cause, whether tenement or rent. Co. Litt. P. Festinatio justitiæ est noverca infortunit. The hurrying of justice is the stepmother of misfortune. Hob. 97. Fiat justitia ruat cælum. Let justice be done, though the heaven should fall. Branch, Princ. 161. Fiat prout fieri consuerit, nil temere novandum. Let it be done as formerly, let no innovation be made rashly. Jenk. Cent. 116; Branch, Princ. Fictio cedit veritati, fictio juris non est ubi ver itas. Fiction yields to truth; where the truth appears, there can be no fiction of law. 11 Co. 51. Fictio est contra veritatem, sed pro veritate habe tur. Fiction is against the truth, but it is to be es- teemed truth. Fictio juris non est ubi veritas. Where truth is, fiction of law does not exist. Fictio legis inique operatur alicui damnum vel injuriam. Fiction of law is wrongful if it works loss or injury to any one. 2 Co. 35; 3 id. 36; Gilb. 223; Broom. Max. 129. Fictio legis neminem lædit. A fiction of law in- jures no one. 2 Rolle 502; 3 Bla. Com. 43; 17 Johns. 348. Fides servanda. Good faith must be observed. 1 Metc. Mass. 551: 3 Barb. 823; 23 id.; 521. Fides servanda est; simplicitas juris gentium prævaleat. Good faith is to be preserved; the sim- plicity of the law of nations should prevail. Story, Bills Bills 15. Fieri non debet, sed factum valet. It ought not to be done, but done it is valid. 5 Co. 39; 1 Str 506; 19 Johns. 84, 92; 12 id. 11, 376. Filiatio non potest probari. Filiation cannot be proved; that is, the husband is presumed to be the father of a child born during coverture. See ACCESS; Co. Litt. 126 a. But see 7 & 8 Vict. c. 101. Filius est nomen naturæ, sed hæres nomen juris. Son is a name of nature, but heir a name of law. 1 Sid. 193; 1 Pow. Dev. 311. Filius in utero matris est pars viscerum matris. A son in the mother's womb is part of the mother's vitals. 7 Co. 8. Finis finem litibus imponit. A fine puts an end to litigation. 3 Inst. 78. Finis rei attendendus est. The end of a thing is to be attended to. 3 Inst. 51. Finis unius diei est principium alterius. The end of one day is the beginning of another. 2 Bulstr. 805. Firmior et potentior est operatio legis quam dispositio hominis. The operation of law is firmer and more powerful than the will of man. Co. Litt. 102. See Fortior et, etc.

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