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date: 06 February 2025

Expedit rei publicae ut sit finis litium  ākspā´dēt rā´ē pūb´lēkī ūt sēt fē´nēs lē´tē-ūm .  ekpē´dit rā pub´likā ut sit fi´nis lī´šum . 

Source:
Guide to Latin in International Law
Author(s):

Aaron X. Fellmeth,

Maurice Horwitz

“It is advantageous to the public that there be an end to lawsuits.”A maxim meaning that protracted litigation puts a strain on the judicial system and undermines the law’s role in dispute resolution, and so the public interest requires that disputes be resolved in some final form rather than continuing indefinitely to drain the resources of courts and the parties. This maxim has sometimes been used to justify or explain a tribunal’s decision to encourage settlement or grant an early or time-delimited award. An alternative phrase is ... ...

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