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...bill, recently debated in the Lords (TIME, June 22), to prevent cruelty to animals, came up for discussion. Brigadier General Cockerill (Conservative), in defending the flea, indignantly observed that that maxim De minimis non curat Iex meant that "The flea doesn't worry the Home Secretary." Although the flea was not an animal or a reptile, he thought fleas should be included in the bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: Parliament's Week: Jun. 29, 1925 | 6/29/1925 | See Source »

...legal adage de minimis non curat lex never fitted U. S. legal proceedings very well, much less U. S. business. Accordingly, the National City Bank of New York has recently undertaken an analysis of the straw-hat business of this country, shortly to come into its liveliest season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Straw Hats | 4/27/1925 | See Source »

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