Fiat justitia ruat caelum

Fiat justitia ruat caelum (latin-gú: Fīat iūstitia ruat cælum (Let justice be done though the heavens fall); lia̍h-tsún hō-thian la̍p lo̍h--lâi, mā-ài píng-hîng kong-tsìng (hàn-gú: 即使昊天崩塌，也要秉行公正)) sī tsi̍t-ê latin-gú ê huat-lu̍t té-gú, ì-sù sī "tsún-kóng thian nā-sī la̍p lo̍h--lâi, mā-ài hōo tsìng-gī tit-tio̍h sin-tiong". Tsit-kù kik-giân ì-bī tio̍h bô-lūn hiō-kó án-tsuánn, lóng pit-su si̍t-hiān tsìng-gī ê sìn-liām. Kin-kì 19 sè-kí tsú-tiunn huì-lôo tsú-gī (廢奴主義) ê tsìng-tī-ka Charles Sumner ê kóng-huat, "Fiat justitia ruat caelum" tsit-kù pīng-hui lâi-tsū jīm-hô kóo-tián ê lâi-guân,^[1] sui-bóng kî-thann ê lâng kā-i kui-in hōo Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (tsham-ua̍t "Piso ê tsìng-gī"). Tsit-ê kài-liām teh Somerset sòo Stewart àn tang-tiong hông ín-iōng.^[2]

Hiān-tāi sú-iōng[siu-kái | kái goân-sí-bé]

Teh Bí-kok tsóng-thóng Bill Clinton ê tân-hāi lîng-sìn (聆訊) tang-tiong, tsham-gī-guân Daniel Patrick Moynihan piáu-sī: Lia̍h-tsún thian nā thap--lo̍h-lâi, mā-ài sin-tiunn tsìng-gī."(Let justice be done though the heavens fall.)

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↑ "The Position and Duties of the Merchant: Address Before the Mercantile Library Association of Boston, Nov. 13, 1854". The Works of Charles Sumner. III. Boston: Lee and Shephard. 1875. p. 507. Of these, the first is expressed in these simple words: "If the parties will have judgment, fiat justitia, ruat coelum: let justice be done, whatever be the consequence." The Latin phrase which here plays such a prominent part, though of classical stamp, cannot be traced to any classical origin, and it has even been asserted that it was freshly coined by Lord Mansfield on this occasion, worth of such commanding truth in such commanding phrase. But it is of older date, and from another mint,—though it is not too much to say, that it took its currency and authority from him. Coming from such a conservative magistrate, it is of peculiar importance. With little expansion, it says openly: To every man his natural rights; justice to all, without distinction of person, without adbridgment, and without compromise. Let justice be done, though it drags down the pillars of the sky. Thus spoke the Chief Justice of England. (Eng-gí)
↑ Somerset v Stewart, 98 ER, 499 (1772).

Tsham-ua̍t[siu-kái | kái goân-sí-bé]

Fiat justitia
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus, a similar phrase
Henny Penny, or Chicken Little, a folk tale about a chick who believes the sky is falling
Somerset v Stewart

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[1] "The Position and Duties of the Merchant: Address Before the Mercantile Library Association of Boston, Nov. 13, 1854". The Works of Charles Sumner. III. Boston: Lee and Shephard. 1875. p. 507. Of these, the first is expressed in these simple words: "If the parties will have judgment, fiat justitia, ruat coelum: let justice be done, whatever be the consequence." The Latin phrase which here plays such a prominent part, though of classical stamp, cannot be traced to any classical origin, and it has even been asserted that it was freshly coined by Lord Mansfield on this occasion, worth of such commanding truth in such commanding phrase. But it is of older date, and from another mint,—though it is not too much to say, that it took its currency and authority from him. Coming from such a conservative magistrate, it is of peculiar importance. With little expansion, it says openly: To every man his natural rights; justice to all, without distinction of person, without adbridgment, and without compromise. Let justice be done, though it drags down the pillars of the sky. Thus spoke the Chief Justice of England. (Eng-gí)

[somerset-2] Somerset v Stewart, 98 ER, 499 (1772).

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