Question

What best describes the purport of the Latin maxim ubi lex non distinguit nec nos distinguere debemos?

• A. Courts must distinguish where the law does not.
• B. Where the law makes no distinctions, one does not distinguish.
• C. Statutory distinctions are legal in so far as they are rational.
• D. Statutory distinctions shall not bind the judiciary.

Hint:

This maxim supports the literal rule of interpretation by preventing the judiciary from narrowing the scope of general legislative words through unwritten judicial exceptions.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B