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(Latin: where)
ubi
Place, location, position.
Common in English from about 1640-1740. From Latin ubi, "where".
Ubi amici, ibi opes.
Where there are friends, there is wealth.
Ubi amor condimentum inerit, cuivis, placiturum credo.
Where love is the seasoning, I imagine the dish will please any one's taste.
Ubi bene ibi patria.
I owe my allegiance to the country in which I prosper.
Ubi bene ibi patria.
1. Where there is good (prosperity), there is my fatherland (country).
2. Wherever I prosper, there is my fatherland.
ubication
The quality or state of being in a place; local relation; position or location; whereness.
Ubi culpa est, ibi poena subesse debet.
Where the crime is committed, there ought the punishment to be undergone.
Ubicunque ars ostentatur, veritas abesse videatur.
Where ever art makes itself felt, truth seems to be wanting. (Ars est celare artem: Art consists in its concealment).
Ubi est thesaurus tuus, ibi est et cor tuum.
Where your treasure is, there is your heart also. [Vulgate, Matthew 6:21].
ubiety
The condition of being in a particular, or specific, place.
Ubi ius (jus), ibi officium.
Where there is a right, there is also a duty.
Privilege does not come free of responsibilities.
Ubi ius (jus), ibi remedium.
Where law prevails, there is a remedy.
Usually a reference to remedies for injustices.
Ubi ius (jus) incertum, ibi ius (jus) nullum.
Where the law is uncertain, there is no law.
When carried to an extreme, uncertainty destroys law and the result is anarchy (essentially no law or government).
Ubi jus, ibi remedium.
1. Where law prevails, there is a remedy.
2. Every violation of right has its remedy.
Ubi jus incertum, ibi jus nullum.
1. Where the law is uncertain, there is no law.
2. Where one's right is uncertain, no right exists.
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