You are right, you won't find it explicitly in the Code, you will however find it in the Regulae Iuris (of the Liber Sextus), which are the basic interpretive framework of canon law. The Sixth maxim is "No one can be held to the impossible."
Your point, however, that it would be difficult to find a typical layman who would be familiar with such things, certainly stands.
You are right, you won't find it explicitly in the Code, you will however find it in the Regulae Iuris (of the Liber Sextus), which are the basic interpretive framework of canon law. The Sixth maxim is "No one can be held to the impossible."
Your point, however, that it would be difficult to find a typical layman who would be familiar with such things, certainly stands.
You are right, you won't find it explicitly in the Code, you will however find it in the Regulae Iuris (of the Liber Sextus), which are the basic interpretive framework of canon law. The Sixth maxim is "No one can be held to the impossible."
Your point, however, that it would be difficult to find a typical layman who would be familiar with such things, certainly stands.