SCRIBERE EST AGERE

scribere est agere (skrI-b[schwa]-ree est aj-[schwa]-ree). [Latin] Hist. To write is to act. “But now it seems clearly to be agreed, that, by the common law and the statute of Edward III, words spoken amount only to a high misdemeanor, and no treason. For they may be spoken in heat, without any intention …. If […]