YOGYAKARTA - The legal world has many adages that are used as a basis for interpreting the law and implementing regulations. Therefore, it is important to know the legal adage in order to understand the principles behind the law.

In the Indonesian Dictionary (KBBI), the term adagium means a proverb or proverb. Thus, adagium can be understood as a synonym of expressions, statements, and proverbs.

So, what is an adage in the context of the law? see the complete information in the article below.

Knowing the Adagium of the law

Referring to the book Kumpulan Asas Hukum (2022) by Amir Ilyas and Muh Nursal NS, the term adagium comes from the Dutch language which means a proverb.

In the context of law, adagium is an expression or proverb generally derived from Latin, although there are also other languages that contain basic principles in legal practice, quoted from the National Education University website.

Although brief, the legal adage summarizes the values of justice, certainty, and the benefits of law in a comprehensive manner.

One of the famous legal adages is "ubi sociteas ibi justicia", which means that where there is a community and life there is law or justice.

Examples of Adigium Law

Referring to the book Popular Scientific Dictionary by Andri Andrian, the following are examples of popular legal adigium, complete with their meanings:

That's the explanation about adiugium. Hopefully useful! Come on, visit VOI.id to get updates on other selected news.


The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)

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