ALTERUM NON LAEDERE

alterum  non  laedere  (al-t<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>>m  [or  awl-]  non  lee-d<<schwa>>-ree).

[Latin “not to injure another”] Roman & civil law. To hurt no one by word or deed. • This was one

of  the  three  general  precepts  in  which  Justinian  expressed  the  requirements  of  the  law  (Digest

1.1.10.1; Institutes 1.1.3). Cf. HONESTE VIVERE; SUUM CUIQUE TRIBUERE. [Blacks Law 8th]