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Term: Cessante Ratione Legis, Cessat et Ipsa Lex

Description: Cessante Ratione Legis, Cessat et Ipsa Lex is a Latin legal maxim that translates to "When the reason for the law ceases, the law itself also ceases." This principle suggests that laws are not intended to be blindly applied in situations where their purpose or rationale no longer holds.

Sense 1 (Legal Maxim): Cessante Ratione Legis implies that if the underlying justification or objective of a law becomes invalid or irrelevant, then the law should no longer be enforced.

Sense 2 (Principle of Interpretation): In legal interpretation, this maxim is used to argue that if the reason or purpose behind a particular law does not exist in a specific case, the law should not be applied.

Sample Sentences:

1. Cessante Ratione Legis, the ban on selling alcohol on Sundays was lifted due to changes in societal attitudes.
2. By invoking Cessante Ratione Legis, the defendant argued that the outdated law could not be used against him in court.
3. The court found that Cessante Ratione Legis applied as the circumstances had changed since the law was enacted.

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