What court case used the latin phrase Fiat justitia ruat caelum to declare chattel slavery was unsupported by common law in England and Wales?
Fiat justitia ruat caelum Fiat justitia ruat cælum is a Latin legal phrase, meaning ""Let justice be done though the heavens fall."" The maxim signifies the belief that justice must be realized regardless of consequences. According to the 19th-century abolitionist politician Charles Sumner, it does not come from any classical source. It has also been ascribed to Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, see . It was used in the landmark judgment, "Somerset v Stewart", where slavery was held to be unlawful at common law.
Ex aequo et bono Ex aequo et bono (Latin for "according to the right and good" or "from equity and conscience") is a Latin phrase that is used as a legal term of art. In the context of arbitration, it refers to the power of arbitrators to dispense with consideration of the law but consider solely what they consider to be fair and equitable in the case at hand.