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Latin term or phrase:
Fiat justitia et pereat mundus
English translation:
Let justice be done though the world perish.
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Elena Petelos
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Fiat iustia, pereat mundus
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Latin term (edited):
Fiat justitia et pereat mundus, pereat mundus
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Let justice be done though the world perish.
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Note added at 35 mins (2005-03-08 01:42:38 GMT)
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Let justice be done, though the world perish. (Fiat justitia et pereat mundus.)
ATTRIBUTION: Ferdinand I (1503–1564), Hungarian King of Bohemia and Hungary, Holy Roman Emperor 1558-1564. Motto.
The Latin maxim—adopted as Ferdinand’s motto in the early 1530s—has been ascribed to Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (d. 43 B.C.) in the form, “Let justice be done, though heaven should fall.” (Fiat justitia ruat coelum\"
http://www.bartleby.com/66/98/21998.html
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Note added at 35 mins (2005-03-08 01:42:38 GMT)
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Let justice be done, though the world perish. (Fiat justitia et pereat mundus.)
ATTRIBUTION: Ferdinand I (1503–1564), Hungarian King of Bohemia and Hungary, Holy Roman Emperor 1558-1564. Motto.
The Latin maxim—adopted as Ferdinand’s motto in the early 1530s—has been ascribed to Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (d. 43 B.C.) in the form, “Let justice be done, though heaven should fall.” (Fiat justitia ruat coelum\"
http://www.bartleby.com/66/98/21998.html
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