- fiat justitia, ruat caelum
- foreign term Etymology: Latin let justice be done though the heavens fall
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fiat justitia, ruat caelum — /fee aht yoos tee tee ah rddooh aht kuy loom/; Eng. /fee aht jus tish ee euh rooh at see leuhm, fuy euht/, Latin. let there be justice though the heavens fall. * * * … Universalium
fiat justitia, ruat caelum — /fee aht yoos tee tee ah rddooh aht kuy loom/; Eng. /fee aht jus tish ee euh rooh at see leuhm, fuy euht/, Latin. let there be justice though the heavens fall … Useful english dictionary
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